Anthropic vs DeepSeek Pricing
Per-million-token pricing for Anthropic and DeepSeek, with side-by-side flagship models, cheapest tiers, and context windows. Pricing data syncs weekly from the open-source litellm catalog — last updated May 4, 2026.
Who wins on what
Cheapest input tokens
$0.02/1MDeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B — $0.02/1M input
Cheapest output tokens
$0.10/1MDeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B — $0.10/1M output
Longest context window
1.0MAnthropic
Claude 4 Sonnet (2025-05-14) — 1.0M input tokens
Lowest average output cost
$0.83/1MDeepSeek
Provider-wide average across 19 models
Largest model catalog
32 modelsAnthropic
More options to match cost vs capability
Side-by-side
Anthropic
Cheapest input
$0.250
Claude 3 Haiku
Cheapest output
$1.25
Claude 3 Haiku
Longest context
1.0M
Claude 4 Sonnet (2025-05-14)
Avg output / 1M
$25.94
Across catalog
| Model | In/1M | Out/1M | Ctx |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude 3 Opus (2024-02-29) | $15.00 | $75.00 | 200K |
| Claude 4 Opus (2025-05-14) | $15.00 | $75.00 | 200K |
| Claude Opus 4 | $15.00 | $75.00 | 200K |
| Claude Opus 4 (2025-05-14) | $15.00 | $75.00 | 200K |
| Claude Opus 4.1 | $15.00 | $75.00 | 200K |
| Claude 3 Haiku | $0.250 | $1.25 | 200K |
DeepSeek
Cheapest input
$0.020
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B
Cheapest output
$0.100
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B
Longest context
164K
DeepSeek Prover V2
Avg output / 1M
$0.828
Across catalog
| Model | In/1M | Out/1M | Ctx |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek R1 | $0.550 | $2.19 | 66K |
| DeepSeek Prover V2 | $0.500 | $2.18 | 164K |
| R1 0528 | $0.400 | $1.75 | 164K |
| DeepSeek V3 | $0.300 | $1.20 | 164K |
| R1 | $0.300 | $1.20 | 164K |
| DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B | $0.020 | $0.100 | 33K |
All prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Showing top 6 models per provider, sorted by output cost.
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