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DeepSeek Chat V3.1deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-1

Refinement of DeepSeek V3 — same 671B MoE (37B active per token) with improved tool-use + coding steerability. Drop-in replacement for deepseek-chat; reasoning mode delegated to deepseek-reasoner.

Cheapest blended:$0.48 / 1M tokenson DeepSeek · 1 provider listed

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$0.27$1.10$0.48—OpenAI-compatibleVerified 2d agoTry →

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Works with

Point any of these clients at a hosting's base URL — they all speak at least one of this model's endpoint protocols (OPENAI_COMPATIBLE).

Capabilities

  • chat
  • reasoning
  • code
  • math
  • tool_use

Languages: en, zh

Code samples

Example using DeepSeek — the cheapest hosting for this model as of last verification. Swap base_url and model to use a different provider from the matrix above.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.example.com/v1",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek-chat",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Technical specs

Context
131K
Max output
8K
Parameters
671B
Release
—
Training cutoff
—
License
DeepSeek License
Hugging Face →Official blog →

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Frequently asked

How much does DeepSeek Chat V3.1 cost?+
The cheapest public hosting is $0.48 per 1M blended tokens on DeepSeek. 1 total providers are listed above with per-input / per-output / cached pricing.
How do I access DeepSeek Chat V3.1 from outside China?+
All hostings listed above support global access. The official API (e.g. api.deepseek.com, dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com) accepts international credit cards and does not require a Chinese mobile number. For privacy-sensitive workloads, third-party aggregators like Together.ai host the model on US/EU infrastructure.
Is DeepSeek Chat V3.1 open-source? Can I fine-tune it?+
Yes. DeepSeek Chat V3.1 is open-weight under the DeepSeek License license. Weights are available on Hugging Face for local inference, fine-tuning, and commercial use (see license for specific terms).
Is DeepSeek Chat V3.1 OpenAI-compatible?+
Most listed hostings expose an OpenAI-compatible API, so you can point an existing openai SDK client at the Provider's base_url and use the Provider's model name. See the Code Samples above for a copy-pasteable example.
What's the maximum context window for DeepSeek Chat V3.1?+
The model supports up to 131,072 tokens of context (input + output). Some hosted versions may impose a smaller limit — check the "Context" column in the pricing matrix for each provider.