DeepSeek puts web search on the API meter at $0.75 per 1,000 calls

DeepSeek opened Search and Fetch APIs on October 17th, making its in-house search engine available to agents and retrieval apps at $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests.

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Primary source: DeepSeek API Docs

Why it matters

DeepSeek is charging for the web-search layer around its models, giving developers a second product surface and a fixed per-call cost. The five-request-per-second cap and the shift from free embedded calls on November 1st will shape whether teams use it in production.

DeepSeek puts web search on the API meter at $0.75 per 1,000 calls — Liang Wenfeng's company opened Search and Fetch APIs on October 17th, turning its in-house search engine into a billable tool for agents and retrieval apps.

DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng built his career applying machine learning to financial markets. On October 17th, DeepSeek opened APIs for searching the web and fetching pages, charging $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests for each service.…

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