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DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B pricing
Cheapest host: Novita · checked Oct 23, 2026
$0.06 / $0.09per 1M tokens in / out
Price sheetper 1M tokens
| Input | $0.06 | Novita |
| Output | $0.09 | |
| Context | 33K | tokens |
Where to buy1 provider · per 1M tokens
| Provider | Input | Output | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novita | $0.06 | $0.09 | — |
In DeepSeek's line-upper 1M in / out
| DeepSeek OCR 2 | $0.03 / $0.03 | −56% |
| DeepSeek OCR | $0.03 / $0.10 | −30% |
| DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B | $0.06 / $0.09 | this model |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B | $0.20 / $0.32 | 3.4× |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B | $0.27 / $0.27 | 4× |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | $0.30 / $1.20 | 7.8× |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B | $0.43 / $1.12 | 8.9× |
Cheaper for the same workvs DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B
| Qwen3.5 4B thinkingOpen | -11% | score +62% | $0.03 / $0.15 |
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning thinkingOpen | -28% | score +59% | $0.079 |
| GPT OSS 120B highOpen | -11% | score +44% | $0.092 |
| GPT OSS 20B lowOpen | -47% | score +23% | $0.018 / $0.09 |
| Granite 4.2 3B thinkingOpen | -22% | same score | $0.006 |
Pricing questions
How much does DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B cost?›
$0.06 per 1M input tokens and $0.09 per 1M output tokens.
Is DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B free to use?›
There is no free API tier, but the weights are open: you can run it on your own hardware for the cost of compute.
What is a cheaper alternative to DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B?›
Qwen3.5 4B at thinking effort costs -11% per task with a score +62% on Humanity's Last Exam.