What You Need Before You Start
Just a credit or debit card. No DeepSeek account, no ID verification, no waiting. AiCredits acts as the intermediary — you pay us, we provision a token with DeepSeek credits and hand it to you instantly.
Step 1 — Pick Your Package
Choose from four tiers on the pricing page:
- Trial ($3): 5M tokens, best for testing the full flow
- Starter ($5): 9M tokens, ideal for personal projects
- Standard ($9): 17M tokens, best value for active developers
- Professional ($19): 38M tokens, lowest per-token rate
Each token is priced at DeepSeek's official v4-flash rate: 1 CNY per million input tokens, 2 CNY per million output tokens.
Step 2 — Complete Checkout
Click "Buy Now" and complete payment through our secure card processor (Creem). Use a private/incognito window if checkout doesn't open due to browser extensions. If the popup is interrupted, use the Order Lookup page to recover your session.
Step 3 — Receive Your API Key
Your One API token will appear on-screen the moment payment clears, and will also be sent to your email address. The token looks like: sk-... followed by a long alphanumeric string. Copy it and keep it safe.
Step 4 — Make Your First API Call
Set your base URL to https://api.aicreditsapi.com and use your token as the Bearer token. Here's a minimal curl example:
curl https://api.aicreditsapi.com/v4/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model": "deepseek-chat", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]}'
Checking Your Balance
Visit the Order Lookup page and enter the email address you used at checkout. You'll see all your tokens and their remaining balances. You can also check balance programmatically by making a GET request to https://api.aicreditsapi.com/v4/usage with your token.
FAQ
Typically 2-3 minutes from clicking Buy Now to receiving your token on-screen.
No. AiCredits provisions credits directly on your behalf. You only need a card.
Try a private/incognito window and disable ad blockers. If it still fails, switch to the Paddle payment channel, or try a different card.
Tokens are non-refundable once issued. DeepSeek credits are consumed immediately upon API use.