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DeepSeek API vs OpenAI: Pricing & Performance Comparison (2026)

2026-05-30 · 7 min · AiCredits Team

Key Points

  • DeepSeek API is 35x cheaper than OpenAI GPT-4o ($0.28/M vs $10/M output)
  • DeepSeek-V3 matches GPT-4o on most coding benchmarks (within 5%)
  • DeepSeek-R1 beats OpenAI o1-preview on MATH-500 (97.3% vs 93.4%)
  • Fully OpenAI-compatible: migration takes < 5 minutes

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