Deepseek R1 API Pricing & Quick Start
DeepSeek R1 is here: Performance on par with OpenAI o1, but open-sourced and with fully open reasoning tokens. It's 671B parameters in size, with 37B active in an inference pass....
Technical specifications
Pricing comparison
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Market reference Artificial Analysis
Source: artificialanalysis.ai
Independent benchmarks
Scores below come from Artificial Analysis, an independent third party. BazaarLink does not participate in the testing.
Top 5 — CodingCoding Index leaderboard
?/claude-fable-5-182$10 / $50?/claude-fable-5-1-xhigh81$10 / $50?/claude-fable-5-1-high79$10 / $50openai/gpt-5-6-sol-xhigh78$4 / $20anthropic/claude-opus-578$5 / $25Quick Start
Use Deepseek R1 via BazaarLink API — just change the base_url:
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.bazaarlink.ai/v1",
api_key="sk-bl-YOUR_API_KEY",
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="deepseek/deepseek-r1",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "https://api.bazaarlink.ai/v1",
apiKey: "sk-bl-YOUR_API_KEY",
});
const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "deepseek/deepseek-r1",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);Why use Deepseek R1 via BazaarLink?
- ✓USD billing (TWD-quoted) + unified invoices — no foreign credit card needed for Taiwan teams
- ✓OpenAI-compatible API — zero code changes required
- ✓Automatic failover — multi-provider redundancy for the same model
- ✓Chinese-language support — local team, instant help
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Deepseek R1?
DeepSeek R1 is here: Performance on par with OpenAI o1, but open-sourced and with fully open reasoning tokens. It's 671B parameters in size, with 37B active in an inference pass....
How much does the Deepseek R1 API cost?
Deepseek R1 costs $0.70 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens when accessed through BazaarLink.
How do I use Deepseek R1 with the OpenAI SDK?
Set base_url to "https://api.bazaarlink.ai/v1" and use model ID "deepseek/deepseek-r1". All OpenAI SDK methods (chat.completions, embeddings, streaming) work without code changes.
What is the context window for Deepseek R1?
Deepseek R1 supports a context window of 64,000 tokens.
Is Deepseek R1 available for free?
Deepseek R1 is a paid model. BazaarLink offers free trial credits on registration so you can test it without a credit card.
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