DeepSeek V3.2 Exp API pricing
DeepSeek · Budget price tier · MIT · released 2025-09. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-11-12.
A support ticket workload of 100K requests a month costs $61.00 on DeepSeek V3.2 Exp; the next cheaper model in the Budget price tier for this workload, Qwen3.6 35B A3B, does it for $60.00. DeepSeek V3.2 Exp has held the same list price since 2026-08-15 and is the 69th cheapest of 160 models in the Budget price tier. Only one host, SiliconFlow, sells it, so there is no second price to shop. It is rated a stable release but does not meet all four criteria of the FinOps Friendly badge.
- Input: $0.27 per 1M tokens
- Output: $0.41 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): Not published
- Prompt-cache read: Not published
- Context window: 164K tokens
- Arena ELO: 1422 as of 2026-11-08
Market position
On blended price ($0.368 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 57% of models in the Budget price tier: 69th cheapest of 160. Across every price tier it is cheaper than 77% of priced text models in the catalogue: 69th cheapest of 303. Its Arena ELO of 1422 ranks 75th of the 160 models that carry one, tied with one other, above 53% of them. With an Arena score of 1422, DeepSeek V3.2 Exp clears OptimNow's Standard working quality threshold: Standard (Arena 1420+), used for meeting summary, invoice processing and call summary. Each threshold is a distance below the best ranked model, which scores 1530 on Arena scores as of 8 Nov 2026.
Licence, size and capabilities
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp is open source: its weights are published under MIT, an OSI-approved licence with no field-of-use limit, so it can be self-hosted as well as bought by the token. Its parameter count is not published. Listed capabilities: Text, Reasoning, Agents. Filling its 164K context window once costs $0.0443 in input tokens at list price.
Pricing by host
A host is a company that runs the model and sells it by the token: the model maker, a cloud platform like Amazon Bedrock, Azure or Vertex, or an independent host. One model, several hosts, and often several prices. This model is sold by 1 host. The price we quote elsewhere on this page is marked. We quote one host's rate so that models stay comparable; it is not a recommendation to buy there.
SiliconFlow is the only host with a published rate, $0.27 input / $0.41 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote. It serves a quantized fp8 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Precision |
|---|---|---|---|
| SiliconFlow (price we quote) | $0.27 | $0.41 | fp8 |
List prices as published on 2026-11-12, via OpenRouter. Negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown.
Monthly cost at 100K requests, by business use case
From the after-discounts figure (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads, only where DeepSeek publishes those rates), which assumes you implement both, to the list price. One figure means no discount is published.
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Monthly (after discounts – list) |
|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $61 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $87 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $319 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $141 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $163 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $65 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $83 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $285 |
Price history
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.27 input / $0.41 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
Alternatives to DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
1 of the 4 comparable models below costs less than DeepSeek V3.2 Exp: DeepSeek V3.2 undercuts it by 7%, and scores 3 Arena points higher.
- Next cheaper model in the Budget price tier: Particle-1 (particle-ai) at $0.365 blended, 1% less.
- Next more expensive: Ternary Bonsai 2 27B (prism-ml) at $0.3725 blended, 1% more.
The nearest models in the Budget price tier on Arena ELO, each with its blended price and score difference against DeepSeek V3.2 Exp.
- Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct (Alibaba): $0.21 in / $1.90 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1420 (279% more expensive, 2 ELO points lower)
- DeepSeek V3.1 (DeepSeek): $0.25 in / $0.95 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1420 (101% more expensive, 2 ELO points lower)
- Beam 1.0 501B A23B (reflection): $0.30 in / $1.00 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1425 (115% more expensive, 3 ELO points higher)
- DeepSeek V3.2 (DeepSeek): $0.26 in / $0.38 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1425 (7% cheaper, 3 ELO points higher)
- Cheapest within 15 Arena points: Gemma 4 26B A4B (Google), 74% cheaper, 12 ELO points higher, out of 35 models in that band.
- Highest Arena ELO within 20% of this price: Gemma 4 31B (Google), 8% cheaper, 21 ELO points higher, out of 13 models in that price band.
Other models from DeepSeek
The 8 nearest to DeepSeek V3.2 Exp in price, of 13 other DeepSeek models in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423: $0.09 / $0.18
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731: $0.0434 / $0.30
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: $0.022 / $0.40
- DeepSeek V3.2: $0.26 / $0.38
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: $0.15 / $0.60
- DeepSeek V3: $0.32 / $0.89
- DeepSeek V3.1: $0.25 / $0.95
- DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus: $0.27 / $1.00
All 14 DeepSeek models and prices
Common questions about DeepSeek V3.2 Exp pricing
- How much does DeepSeek V3.2 Exp cost?
- DeepSeek V3.2 Exp costs $0.27 per 1M input tokens and $0.41 per 1M output tokens at SiliconFlow, the host whose rate we quote. SiliconFlow serves a quantized fp8 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model. Prices as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Which host is cheapest for DeepSeek V3.2 Exp?
- SiliconFlow is the only host with a published rate, $0.27 input / $0.41 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote. It serves a quantized fp8 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model. Host rates as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Does DeepSeek V3.2 Exp offer batch or cached pricing?
- No. Neither a batch rate nor a prompt-cache rate is published for DeepSeek V3.2 Exp as of 2026-11-12.
- What would DeepSeek V3.2 Exp cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $61 on DeepSeek V3.2 Exp at the list price quoted on 2026-11-12.
- Can DeepSeek V3.2 Exp be self-hosted?
- Yes. DeepSeek V3.2 Exp is open source: its weights are published under MIT, an OSI-approved licence with no field-of-use limit, so it can be self-hosted as well as bought by the token.
- Has the price of DeepSeek V3.2 Exp changed?
- DeepSeek V3.2 Exp has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.27 input / $0.41 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
Its weights are published, which changes what you may run yourself: the cost gap between open weights and proprietary APIs.
These are list prices. Your real cost also depends on caching and batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and the contracts you already have. OptimNow audits exactly that.
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