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“Get API key” opens DeepSeek’s console where you can sign in, claim free credits, and generate your key. “Documentation” shows how to set it up and call the API.

High performance open-source models at very low cost. Strong on coding and math.

500M tokens free on signup

Models

deepseek-chatdeepseek-coderdeepseek-v3

Details

Auth: api_key
Uptime: 100% uptime · 7d
Avg latency: 217ms
Checked: 2h ago
Pricing: $0.27 / 1M input, $1.10 / 1M output
Rate limit: No hard rate limit, dynamic throttling
Free credits: 500M tokens free on signup
SDKs: pythonjavascript
Regions: global
Tags: deepseek-v3, coding, cheap

Code snippets

104ms avg
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(api_key="YOUR_KEY", base_url="https://api.deepseek.com")
res = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek-chat",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(res.choices[0].message.content)

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