Pricing guide
DeepSeek pricing, translated into coding-agent decisions
Model pricing and SaaS pricing are different costs. The model bill depends on context, output, reasoning, and cache behavior. The hosted plan covers the workspace layer: launch flow, defaults, support, and team-ready packaging.
For teams trying to avoid model-bill surprises before starting a paid workspace.
How to forecast the model side
For terminal agents, cost is driven by how often you attach broad context, how much output the agent produces, whether reasoning tokens are billed, and whether prefix cache is hit. DeepSeek-TUI exposes those signals during work.
Use a small pilot budget before broad rollout. One real debugging task tells you more than a spreadsheet of theoretical token counts.
- Watch cache hit versus cache miss.
- Use auto mode for mixed task complexity.
- Reserve high-thinking turns for hard work.
- Track cost by session so teams can compare workflows.
How to read our hosted plans
The middle plan is selected by default because most teams need session history, rollback confidence, and priority setup help. Annual billing is selected by default because it cuts the effective monthly price in half and reduces checkout hesitation.
Questions worth answering before checkout
Why is annual selected by default?
Annual billing is 50% cheaper than monthly here, and most serious pilots need enough time to evaluate recurring workflows rather than one isolated task.
Does this replace official DeepSeek pricing?
No. Always check the official DeepSeek pricing page for current model rates. This page explains how those rates show up in terminal-agent usage.