DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3
DeepSeek V3 is a well-regarded open model with tool and function calling support at a very competitive price, but has no benchmark data in this listing. It has a strong community reputation for coding and content tasks, though limited Western API support and compliance considerations are worth noting for UK businesses.
Assessment date: March 12, 2026
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DeepSeek-V3 is the latest model from the DeepSeek team, building upon the instruction following and coding abilities of the previous versions. Pre-trained on nearly 15 trillion tokens, the reported evaluations reveal that the model outperforms other open-source models and rivals leading closed-source models. For model details, please visit the DeepSeek-V3 repo for more information, or see the launch announcement.
Capabilities
Architecture
| Modality | Text → Text |
| Tokenizer | DeepSeek |
Model Information
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.32 | $0.000320 |
| Output | $0.89 | $0.000890 |
Live Performance
Live endpoint metrics — refreshed every 30 minutes.
