DeepSeek-R1-0528 pricing
DeepSeek-R1-0528, Reasoning-tier from SambaNova, costs $5.00 per 1M input tokens and $7.00 per 1M output tokens.
Input$5.00per 1M tokens
Output$7.00per 1M tokens
Context window—tokens
TierReasoningSambaNova
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Specs and pricing
| Provider | SambaNova |
| Tier | Reasoning |
| Context window | — |
| Max output | — |
| Input price | $5.00 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $7.00 / 1M tokens |
| Modalities | text |
Note. SambaNova Cloud pricing API returns prices in cents per 1M tokens (500/700), converted here to USD per 1M tokens.
What it costs at realistic volumes
Assuming a 4:1 input:output token ratio, a common shape for chat and RAG-style workloads:
| Volume (4:1 in:out ratio) | Input cost | Output cost | Total / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000,000 in / 250,000 out | $5.00 | $1.75 | $6.75 |
| 10,000,000 in / 2,500,000 out | $50.00 | $17.50 | $67.50 |
| 100,000,000 in / 25,000,000 out | $500.00 | $175.00 | $675.00 |
Cheaper alternatives
Same tier (Reasoning), a different provider, and a lower blended cost at the 4:1 ratio used above:
| Model | Provider | $/1M in | $/1M out | At the 4:1 ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Large (Thinking) | Parasail | $0.22 | $0.85 | 93.6% cheaper blended |
| GPT-5.1-codex-mini | Azure OpenAI Service | $0.25 | $2.00 | 88.9% cheaper blended |
| QwQ 32B | Cloudflare Workers AI | $0.66 | $1.00 | 86.5% cheaper blended |
| Kimi K2 Thinking | Novita AI | $0.60 | $2.50 | 81.9% cheaper blended |
| DeepSeek R1 0528 | Novita AI | $0.70 | $2.50 | 80.4% cheaper blended |