Vendor comparison
DeepSeek vs Perplexity
Every DeepSeek and Perplexity LLM model side by side: pricing per million tokens, context windows, and capabilities. Refreshed nightly from upstream.
DeepSeek
14 models| Model | Context | In $/1M | Out $/1M |
|---|---|---|---|
|
DeepSeek V3
tools, json_mode
|
164k | 0.3200 | 0.8900 |
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DeepSeek V3 0324
tools, json_mode
|
164k | 0.2000 | 0.7700 |
|
DeepSeek V3.1
tools, json_mode
|
164k | 0.2100 | 0.7900 |
|
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
tools, json_mode
|
164k | 0.2700 | 0.9500 |
|
DeepSeek V3.2
tools, json_mode
|
131k | 0.2520 | 0.3780 |
|
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
tools, json_mode
|
164k | 0.2700 | 0.4100 |
|
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
json_mode
|
164k | 0.2870 | 0.4310 |
|
DeepSeek V4 Flash
tools, json_mode
|
1049k | 0.1260 | 0.2520 |
|
DeepSeek V4 Flash (free)
tools
|
1049k | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
|
DeepSeek V4 Pro
tools, json_mode
|
1049k | 0.4350 | 0.8700 |
|
R1
tools
|
64k | 0.7000 | 2.5000 |
|
R1 0528
tools, json_mode
|
164k | 0.5000 | 2.1500 |
|
R1 Distill Llama 70B
json_mode
|
131k | 0.7000 | 0.8000 |
|
R1 Distill Qwen 32B
json_mode
|
33k | 0.2900 | 0.2900 |
Perplexity
5 models| Model | Context | In $/1M | Out $/1M |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sonar
vision
|
127k | 1.0000 | 1.0000 |
| Sonar Deep Research | 128k | 2.0000 | 8.0000 |
|
Sonar Pro
vision
|
200k | 3.0000 | 15.0000 |
|
Sonar Pro Search
vision
|
200k | 3.0000 | 15.0000 |
|
Sonar Reasoning Pro
vision
|
128k | 2.0000 | 8.0000 |