DeepSeek/v1/ai/deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3

DeepSeek V3

Access DeepSeek V3 through one API key. Frontier-level coding at a fraction of the cost.

DeepSeek's flagship chat model. Excellent coding and reasoning at a fraction of the cost of frontier models.

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Context Window

128K tokens

Max Output

8K tokens

Input Price

$0.27 / 1M tokens

Output Price

$1.10 / 1M tokens

Try it live

Send a message and see DeepSeek V3 respond in real time.

POST /v1/ai/deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3Live testing

API Key

Message *

Max Tokens

Maximum tokens in the response.

Stream

Real-time token streaming

Hit "Run" to see the response

Strengths

✓Ultra low cost

✓Strong coding

✓Good reasoning

✓128K context

Quick start

Copy this snippet and start making calls with DeepSeek V3.

const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/ai/deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Explain API gateways in 2 sentences."
      }
    ],
    "maxTokens": 256
  }),
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Why use DeepSeek V3 through YepAPI?

✓One API key for all models — no separate accounts

✓OpenAI SDK compatible — just change the base URL

✓No monthly minimums — pay per token

✓Switch models with one line of code

✓Full provider passthrough — citations, search results, and all extras included

✓Streaming and non-streaming support on every model

✓Works with Cursor, Claude, LangChain, and any LLM tool

✓Unified billing across all providers

Frequently asked questions

DeepSeek's flagship chat model. Excellent coding and reasoning at a fraction of the cost of frontier models.

Input tokens cost $0.27 per 1M tokens and output tokens cost $1.10 per 1M tokens through YepAPI. No monthly minimums — you only pay for what you use.

Sign up for a free API key, then send requests to the /v1/ai/deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3 endpoint. YepAPI is OpenAI SDK compatible, so you can use it with any tool that supports OpenAI — just change the base URL.

DeepSeek V3 supports a 128K token context window with up to 8K output tokens per request.