DeepSeek Coder V2
DeepSeek Coder V2 is worth evaluating for coding and long context when its provider route and context window match the workload.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating coding and long context
- Workloads that can use a 128k context window
- Buyers comparing 2 tracked provider routes
Do not use it for
- Vision or document-understanding workloads
- Strict JSON or tool-calling flows
- Family
- DeepSeek Coder V2
- Released
- 2024-06-17
- Context
- 128k
- Parameters
- 236B
- Architecture
- Mixture of Experts
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2023-11
- Specialization
- code
- Openness
- Open weights
- License
- DeepSeek LicenseCommercial use: permitted
- Weights
- Available
- Code
- Unknown
- Training
- Fine-tuned
Cheapest of 2 routes · DeepSeek Platform
About
DeepSeek Coder V2 is a language model from DeepSeek focused on code generation and software engineering. It offers a 128K-token context window with weights openly available for self-hosting.
DeepSeek Coder V2 is an open-weight model. The structured metadata tracks a 128k-token context window. This page tracks provider routes through DeepSeek Platform and Fireworks AI, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $0.14 input and $0.28 output per 1M tokens. No headline benchmark score is tracked for DeepSeek Coder V2 yet.
Top use-case fit: coding, agents, and build tasks
Coding
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Long context
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
Compare all 2Compare API pricing across 2 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek Platform | $0.140 | $0.280 | Serverless |
| Fireworks AI | $1.20 | $1.20 | ServerlessProvisioned |
Available via routers & gateways(4)
LiteLLM
GatewayOpen-source Python SDK and proxy server that unifies 100+ LLM APIs behind a single OpenAI-compatible interface, with load balancing, cost tracking, and configurable failover.
OpenRouter
HybridUnified hybrid gateway to 400+ models from 60+ providers via a single OpenAI-compatible API, with optional auto-routing that selects the best model per prompt.
Requesty
HybridAI gateway to 400+ LLM providers with intelligent routing, caching, guardrails, and governance; flat 5% markup on model costs with no subscription fee.
Respan
HybridUnified LLM engineering platform (gateway + observability + evals + prompt management) routing across 250+ models; previously Keywords AI, rebranded February 2026.
Capabilities
No model capability flags are currently sourced.
Benchmark peer barsfor Coding
No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of DeepSeek Coder V2?
DeepSeek Coder V2 has a context window of 128k tokens.
How much does DeepSeek Coder V2 cost?
DeepSeek Coder V2 pricing ranges from $0.14/1M to $1.2/1M input tokens depending on the provider.
When was DeepSeek Coder V2 released?
DeepSeek Coder V2 was released on 2024-06-17.
Which providers offer DeepSeek Coder V2?
DeepSeek Coder V2 is available from 2 providers: DeepSeek Platform, Fireworks AI.
Cheapest of 2 routes · DeepSeek Platform