DeepSeek V3.2: API pricing, context window and capabilities

Prices from official vendor price lists · October 2026

DeepSeek V3.2 costs $0.269 per 1M input tokens and $0.4 per 1M output tokens, with a 163.8K context window. One of the cheapest models here — below 81% of the rating on output price. Suited to high volume, where a wrong answer is cheap to retry.

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Capabilities

API $/1M (in / out)

$0.269 / $0.4

Context window

163.8K tokens

Price / mo

API only

Overview Reviews

DeepSeek V3.2 is an AI model from DeepSeek, priced at $0.269 input and $0.4 output per 1M tokens. That places it in the budget tier of this rating — cheaper than 81% of the 205 priced models listed.

It holds 163.8K tokens in a single conversation. Capabilities recorded in this rating: text & chat, structured JSON output, prompt caching, batch API, free tier. Access is through the API rather than a consumer subscription.

API price$0.269 / $0.4per 1M tokens, in / out

Context163.8K tokenstokens per conversation

VendorDeepSeekall models from this vendor

TierBudgetcheaper than 81% of models

Cost calculator

1M tokens/mo10M tokens/mo50M tokens/mo200M tokens/mo

Standard$0.37~~AED 1 per month~~

With batch −50%$0.18~~AED 1 per month~~

With caching on input$0.31~~AED 1 per month~~

Standard$3.67~~AED 13 per month~~

With batch −50%$1.84~~AED 7 per month~~

With caching on input$3.07~~AED 11 per month~~

Standard$18.36~~AED 67 per month~~

With batch −50%$9.18~~AED 34 per month~~

With caching on input$15.34~~AED 56 per month~~

Standard$73.45~~AED 270 per month~~

With batch −50%$36.73~~AED 135 per month~~

With caching on input$61.34~~AED 225 per month~~

Assumes a 1:3 input-to-output ratio, which is typical for chat and generation. Dirham figures use 3.6725 per dollar. Batch and caching discounts apply where the vendor offers them.

Compared with alternatives

How DeepSeek V3.2 sits against its neighbours in this rating. Tap a card to open that model.

Qwen3.8 Flash

Cheaper

Alibaba (Qwen)

$0.113 / $0.3821M tokens

Nemotron 3 Super

Closest match

NVIDIA

$0.085 / $0.4262.1K tokens

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

Step up

Alibaba (Qwen)

$0.104 / $0.416131.1K tokens

Good and poor fit

Good fit

General text generation and conversation across languages.

Poor fit

Anything requiring image input — this model does not accept it.
Integrations that depend on structured function calls.

Related filters

Text & chat234 models for text generation and chat

Prompt caching153 models with cheap repeated context

Batch API146 models with half-price async processing

Free tier86 models with a free API allowance

MultilingualAll 245 models work beyond English

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Frequently asked questions

How much does DeepSeek V3.2 cost?

$0.269 / $0.4 per 1M tokens, input and output. In dirhams that is roughly AED 0.99 per 1M input tokens. Batch processing halves it where the vendor offers it.

What is the context window of DeepSeek V3.2?

163.8K tokens in a single conversation.

What can DeepSeek V3.2 do?

In this rating it is recorded with: text & chat, structured JSON output, prompt caching, batch API, free tier, multilingual, open weights.

Is DeepSeek V3.2 a good choice?

It depends on the job. See the good-fit and poor-fit lists above, and compare against the neighbouring models before committing.

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