DeepSeek R1 Basic
deepseek-r1-basic
Last refreshed 2026-04-15. Next refresh: weekly.
DeepSeek R1 Basic is worth evaluating for long context when its provider route and context window match the workload.
Decision context: Long context task fit, 1 tracked provider route, and research from 2026-01-01.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating long context
- Workloads that can use a 160K context window
- Buyers comparing 1 tracked provider route
Do not use it for
- Vision or document-understanding workloads
- Strict JSON or tool-calling flows
Cheapest output
$1.68
Fireworks AI per 1M tokens
Provider routes
1
Tracked API hosts
Quality / dollar
Unknown
No task benchmark coverage yet
Freshness
2026-01-01
Researched 137d ago
Top use-case fit
Long context
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fireworks AI | $0.560 | $1.68 | Serverless |
Benchmark peer barsfor Long context
No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
About
DeepSeek R1 Basic has a 160K-token context window.
DeepSeek R1 Basic input tokens at $0.56/1M, output at $1.68/1M.
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Advancing artificial general intelligence (AGI).