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DeepSeek V3
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DeepSeek V3

Frontier-class general-purpose open LLM.

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Best for

Best for cost-sensitive engineering + research workloads.

At a glance

Pricing
freemiumfrom $0.27/mo
Setup time
15 minutes
Learning curve
easy
Last verified
5/26/2026

What we love

  • ✓Frontier benchmarks at OSS cost
  • ✓Permissive license
  • ✓Strong code generation

Where it falls short

  • −Self-host needs serious GPUs
  • −Smaller ecosystem than Llama
  • −Pricing changes frequently

Pricing

✓ Pricing verified Jun 21, 2026

2 tiers

API (input)

$0.27

per 1M tokens

  • ✓Cache hits cheaper

API (output)

$1.10

per 1M tokens

  • ✓Long context

Overview

DeepSeek V3 is the general-purpose sibling to R1 — 671B MoE model with strong code, reasoning, and multilingual performance. MIT license.

Key features

  • ●671B MoE architecture
  • ●128K context
  • ●MIT license
  • ●OpenAI-compatible API
  • ●Strong code + multilingual

Best use cases

General-purpose chat

Replace GPT/Claude for general chat workloads at a fraction of the cost.

Code-heavy workflows

Use V3 as the cheaper alternative to Claude/GPT for coding agents.

Integrations

OpenAI-compatible API
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Fireworks

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