DeepSeek R1 Turbo API

DeepSeek's DeepSeek R1 Turbo, through an OpenAI-compatible API. Providers quote it on an open exchange, and each request goes to the offer with the lowest estimated charge that meets your rules.

Providers compete for each request. The exchange ranks the offers that meet your rules by estimated charge. It fixes your maximum charge before the first token, and you pay for the tokens that the model uses.
The OpenAI and Anthropic APIs. Use the OpenAI or Anthropic SDK that you have. Set the base URL and your key, and send deepseek-r1-turbo as the model.
Your data rules. Send x-liquid-retention: none and only offers whose provider does not keep your content compete for the request.

Facts

Model name: deepseek-r1-turbo
Maker: DeepSeek
Context window: 41K tokens
Input price: $1.001 per million tokens
Output price: $3.002 per million tokens
Providers: 1 independent provider
Regions: us

Providers

Architect: us, $1.001 input and $3.002 output per million tokens, $1.001 cache read per million tokens, 41K tokens of context

Request

curl https://router.inference.ai.exchange/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIQUID_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "deepseek-r1-turbo",
    "messages": [{"role":"user","content":"Say hello."}]
  }'

Questions

What is DeepSeek R1 Turbo?: DeepSeek R1 Turbo is a model from DeepSeek.
How much does DeepSeek R1 Turbo cost?: Offers now ask $1.001 per million input tokens and $3.002 per million output tokens. A job pays for the tokens it uses. The exchange picks the cheapest eligible offer.
What is the context length of DeepSeek R1 Turbo?: The largest offer takes 40,960 input tokens. A smaller offer can take less. The exchange skips an offer that cannot take your message.
What can DeepSeek R1 Turbo do?: Its providers list Reasoning effort, JSON object, JSON schema, Frequency penalty, Logit bias, Log probabilities, Min-p sampling, Presence penalty, Repetition penalty, Seed, Stop sequences, Top-k sampling, Top-p sampling, Text, Tools.
What inputs and outputs does DeepSeek R1 Turbo support?: Text → Text.
Which providers serve DeepSeek R1 Turbo?: 1 independent provider quote it now, with 1 offer. The table above ranks them by the cost of a typical job.
How do I call DeepSeek R1 Turbo?: Send "deepseek-r1-turbo" as the model in an OpenAI or Anthropic request. The API section links to setup steps for each client.
When was DeepSeek R1 Turbo listed?: The exchange first listed it on 10/10/2026. This is not its release date.

DeepSeek R1 Turbo API

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