DeepSeek R1 on Replicate API

Name: DeepSeek R1 on Replicate API
Brand: DeepSeek
SKU: deepseek-r1-replicate
Price: 3.75 USD

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Why use DeepSeek R1 on Replicate API?

Replicate API offers DeepSeek R1 with pay-as-you-go pricing at $3.75/1M input tokens. Replicate is a cloud-based platform that enables users to run machine learning models easily and efficiently.

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Input / 1M

$3.75

Output / 1M

$10.00

Cache

Not sourced

Batch

Not sourced

Setup recipe

Python + curl

Install

pip install replicate

Auth

export REPLICATE_API_TOKEN=...

Call

import replicate
output = replicate.run(
    "deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1",
    input={"prompt": "Hello"}

Model ID

deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1

Request example

import replicate

# reads REPLICATE_API_TOKEN from env
# deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1 format: "owner/model-name" (latest version) or "owner/model-name:version-hash"
output = replicate.run(
    "deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1",
    input={"prompt": "Hello"}
)
# Output is a list or generator depending on the model
print("".join(output))

Gotchas

Use provider model ID "deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1", not the LLMReference slug "deepseek-r1".
Replicate uses "owner/model-name" format (e.g. "meta/meta-llama-3-8b-instruct") for the latest version, or "owner/model-name:version-sha" to pin to a specific version. The REST endpoint splits owner and model-name into the path: /v1/models/{owner}/{model-name}/predictions.
The examples expect REPLICATE_API_TOKEN; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.