DeepSeek announces API pricing: built-in tool calls billed separately on top of token charges
deepseek_ai · x · 2026-11-13
DeepSeek officially announced that extended capabilities incur tool usage fees on top of standard token charges, with a detailed tool pricing breakdown. This is the pricing companion to the V4.1-Flash built-in tools launch covering web search, deep-thinking search, file parsing and more.
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