DEPRECATED
Retired 2026-07-24 — 100 days ago. Requests to this identifier are expected to fail. Sources disagree on: context_tokens, input_price_per_mtok, max_output_tokens, output_price_per_mtok.
state=dead sunset=2026-07-24 days_remaining=-100 severity=critical sources=litellm,openrouter evidence_tier=catalog confirmed_by_endpoint=false documented_by_provider=false replacement=none corroborated=yes divergent_fields=context_tokens,input_price_per_mtok,max_output_tokens,output_price_per_mtok checked=2026-11-01 05:11Z
deepseek/deepseek-chat
Vendor: deepseek. Tracked by 2 of 5 sources.
What each source reports
| Source | ID | Context | Max out | In $/Mtok | Out $/Mtok | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| litellm | deepseek-chat | 131,072 | 8,192 | $0.28 | $0.42 | 2026-07-24 |
| openrouter | deepseek/deepseek-chat | 163,840 | 16,000 | $0.2574 | $1.0287 | — |
Change history
| Severity | Change | What | Detected |
|---|---|---|---|
| high | modified | deepseek/deepseek-chat: max_output_tokens cut 16,384 to 16,000 | 2026-10-20 |
| low | repriced | deepseek/deepseek-chat: output_price_per_mtok $0.89/Mtok to $1.03/Mtok | 2026-10-20 |
| info | repriced | deepseek/deepseek-chat: input_price_per_mtok $0.32/Mtok to $0.26/Mtok | 2026-10-20 |
| low | modified | deepseek/deepseek-chat: max_output_tokens raised 16,000 to 16,384 | 2026-10-16 |
| low | repriced | deepseek/deepseek-chat: input_price_per_mtok $0.26/Mtok to $0.32/Mtok | 2026-10-16 |
| info | repriced | deepseek/deepseek-chat: output_price_per_mtok $1.03/Mtok to $0.89/Mtok | 2026-10-16 |
| high | modified | deepseek/deepseek-chat: max_output_tokens cut 16,384 to 16,000 | 2026-10-16 |
| low | repriced | deepseek/deepseek-chat: output_price_per_mtok $0.89/Mtok to $1.03/Mtok | 2026-10-16 |
| info | repriced | deepseek/deepseek-chat: input_price_per_mtok $0.32/Mtok to $0.26/Mtok | 2026-10-16 |
| low | added | new model inferenceapis/deepseek-chat (1,048,576 ctx) | 2026-10-15 |
| medium | removed | [one catalog only — litellm, openrouter still list it] openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat is no longer listed by this source — calls to it are expected to fail | 2026-10-09 |
| low | modified | deepseek/deepseek-chat: max_output_tokens raised 16,000 to 16,384 | 2026-10-09 |
| low | repriced | deepseek/deepseek-chat: input_price_per_mtok $0.26/Mtok to $0.32/Mtok | 2026-10-09 |
| info | repriced | deepseek/deepseek-chat: output_price_per_mtok $1.03/Mtok to $0.89/Mtok | 2026-10-09 |
| info | deprecated | deepseek-chat: deprecation announced for 2026-07-24 (date already passed) | 2026-10-01 |
| info | deprecated | deepseek/deepseek-chat: deprecation announced for 2026-07-24 (date already passed) | 2026-10-01 |
| info | deprecated | deepseek-chat: retires 2026-07-24 (69 days ago) | 2026-10-01 |
| info | deprecated | deepseek/deepseek-chat: retires 2026-07-24 (69 days ago) | 2026-10-01 |
| low | repriced | openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat: output_price_per_mtok $0.89/Mtok to $1.03/Mtok | 2026-09-28 |
| info | repriced | openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat: input_price_per_mtok $0.32/Mtok to $0.26/Mtok | 2026-09-28 |
| high | modified | deepseek/deepseek-chat: max_output_tokens cut 16,384 to 16,000 | 2026-09-27 |
| low | repriced | deepseek/deepseek-chat: output_price_per_mtok $0.89/Mtok to $1.03/Mtok | 2026-09-27 |
| info | repriced | deepseek/deepseek-chat: input_price_per_mtok $0.32/Mtok to $0.26/Mtok | 2026-09-27 |
| high | modified | openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat: capabilities lost prompt_caching; gained function_calling, response_schema | 2026-09-18 |
| low | modified | openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat: context_tokens raised 65,536 to 163,840 | 2026-09-18 |
| low | modified | openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat: max_output_tokens raised 8,192 to 16,384 | 2026-09-18 |
| low | repriced | openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat: input_price_per_mtok $0.26/Mtok to $0.32/Mtok | 2026-09-18 |
| info | repriced | openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat: output_price_per_mtok $1.03/Mtok to $0.89/Mtok | 2026-09-18 |
| low | modified | deepseek/deepseek-chat: max_output_tokens raised 16,000 to 16,384 | 2026-09-17 |
| low | repriced | deepseek/deepseek-chat: input_price_per_mtok $0.26/Mtok to $0.32/Mtok | 2026-09-17 |
| info | repriced | deepseek/deepseek-chat: output_price_per_mtok $1.03/Mtok to $0.89/Mtok | 2026-09-17 |
| low | repriced | openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat: output_price_per_mtok $0.89/Mtok to $1.03/Mtok | 2026-09-17 |
| info | repriced | openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat: input_price_per_mtok $0.32/Mtok to $0.26/Mtok | 2026-09-17 |
| high | modified | deepseek/deepseek-chat: max_output_tokens cut 16,384 to 16,000 | 2026-09-10 |
| low | repriced | deepseek/deepseek-chat: output_price_per_mtok $0.89/Mtok to $1.03/Mtok | 2026-09-10 |
| info | repriced | deepseek/deepseek-chat: input_price_per_mtok $0.32/Mtok to $0.26/Mtok | 2026-09-10 |
| medium | repriced | openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat: input_price_per_mtok $0.14/Mtok to $0.32/Mtok | 2026-09-06 |
| medium | repriced | openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat: output_price_per_mtok $0.28/Mtok to $0.89/Mtok | 2026-09-06 |
| low | modified | deepseek/deepseek-chat: max_output_tokens raised 16,000 to 16,384 | 2026-09-03 |
| low | repriced | deepseek/deepseek-chat: input_price_per_mtok $0.26/Mtok to $0.32/Mtok | 2026-09-03 |