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Claude Opus 4 vs DeepSeek R1 — API Pricing Comparison 2026

Compare Claude Opus 4 and DeepSeek R1 API pricing. Premium proprietary vs open-weight reasoning models — see the cost difference.

$30.00
Claude Opus 4 cheapest
$0.068
DeepSeek R1 cheapest
200K
Claude Opus 4 context
128K
DeepSeek R1 context

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4 or DeepSeek R1?

DeepSeek R1 is cheaper at $0.068/1M tokens via Novita AI, compared to Claude Opus 4 at $30.00/1M via Anthropic. 0 providers offer both models.

Model Specifications

SpecClaude Opus 4DeepSeek R1
Typechatchat
Parameters
Context Window200K128K
Arena ELO13201358
Quality TierFrontierFrontier
Open WeightNoNo
Cheapest Price$30.00/1M$0.068/1M
Cheapest ProviderAnthropicNovita AI
Providers41

Price Comparison by Provider

5 providers
ProviderClaude Opus 4
Input/1M
Claude Opus 4
Output/1M
DeepSeek R1
Input/1M
DeepSeek R1
Output/1M
Anthropic$15.00$75.00
AWS Bedrock$15.00$75.00
Google Vertex AI$15.00$75.00
Novita AI$0.060$0.090
OpenRouter$18.00$90.00

Prices in USD per 1M tokens. Green highlights the cheaper model at each provider. Updated every 6 hours.

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Frequently Asked Questions

DeepSeek R1 is cheaper at $0.068/1M tokens (via Novita AI) compared to Claude Opus 4 at $30.00/1M tokens (via Anthropic). Prices vary by provider — Sector HQ tracks them all.

Prices in USD per 1M tokens. Updated every 6 hours.