DEPRECATED
Retired 2026-08-13 — 49 days ago. Requests to this identifier are expected to fail. Sources disagree on: context_tokens, input_price_per_mtok, max_output_tokens, output_price_per_mtok.
state=dead sunset=2026-08-13 days_remaining=-49 severity=critical sources=litellm,openrouter evidence_tier=catalog confirmed_by_endpoint=false documented_by_provider=false replacement=none corroborated=yes divergent_fields=context_tokens,input_price_per_mtok,max_output_tokens,output_price_per_mtok checked=2026-10-01 15:42Z
deepseek/deepseek-r1
Vendor: deepseek. Tracked by 2 of 5 sources.
What each source reports
| Source | ID | Context | Max out | In $/Mtok | Out $/Mtok | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| litellm | deepseek/deepseek-r1 | 65,536 | 8,192 | $0.55 | $2.19 | 2026-08-13 |
| openrouter | deepseek/deepseek-r1 | 64,000 | 16,000 | $0.7 | $2.5 | — |
Change history
| Severity | Change | What | Detected |
|---|---|---|---|
| info | deprecated | azure_ai/deepseek-r1: deprecation announced for 2026-08-13 (date already passed) | 2026-09-26 |
| low | added | new model azure_ai/deepseek-r1 | 2026-09-26 |
| medium | removed | [one catalog only — litellm, openrouter still list it] azure_ai/deepseek-r1 is no longer listed by this source — calls to it are expected to fail | 2026-09-23 |
| medium | removed | [one catalog only — litellm, openrouter still list it] together_ai/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 is no longer listed by this source — calls to it are expected to fail | 2026-09-23 |
| info | repriced | deepseek/deepseek-r1: cache_read_price_per_mtok n/a to $0.14/Mtok | 2026-09-21 |
| info | repriced | openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-r1: cache_read_price_per_mtok n/a to $0.14/Mtok | 2026-09-21 |
| high | modified | openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-r1: context_tokens cut 65,336 to 64,000 | 2026-09-18 |
| high | modified | openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-r1: capabilities lost prompt_caching; gained response_schema | 2026-09-18 |
| low | modified | openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-r1: max_output_tokens raised 8,192 to 16,000 | 2026-09-18 |
| high | modified | deepseek/deepseek-r1: capabilities lost structured_outputs | 2026-09-13 |
| medium | repriced | openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-r1: input_price_per_mtok $0.55/Mtok to $0.70/Mtok | 2026-09-06 |
| low | repriced | openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-r1: output_price_per_mtok $2.19/Mtok to $2.50/Mtok | 2026-09-06 |
| low | added | new model novita/deepseek/deepseek-r1 (64,000 ctx) | 2026-08-28 |
| info | deprecated | together_ai/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1: deprecation announced for 2026-05-14 (date already passed) | 2026-08-26 |
| info | deprecated | together_ai/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1: retires 2026-05-14 (104 days ago) | 2026-08-26 |
| critical | deprecated | azure_ai/deepseek-r1: deprecation announced for 2026-08-13 (date already passed) | 2026-08-21 |
| critical | deprecated | azure_ai/deepseek-r1: retires 2026-08-13 (8 days ago) | 2026-08-21 |
| high | modified | deepseek/deepseek-r1: context_tokens cut 163,840 to 64,000 | 2026-08-13 |
| high | modified | deepseek/deepseek-r1: capabilities lost max_completion_tokens | 2026-08-13 |
| low | modified | snowflake/deepseek-r1: context_tokens raised 32,768 to 128,000 | 2026-06-04 |
| low | modified | snowflake/deepseek-r1: max_output_tokens raised 8,192 to 16,384 | 2026-06-04 |
| low | modified | snowflake/deepseek-r1: capabilities gained system_messages | 2026-06-04 |
| info | repriced | snowflake/deepseek-r1: input_price_per_mtok n/a to $1.35/Mtok | 2026-06-04 |
| info | repriced | snowflake/deepseek-r1: output_price_per_mtok n/a to $5.40/Mtok | 2026-06-04 |