DeepSeek prices web search for AI agents at $0.75 per 1,000 calls

DeepSeek prices web search for AI agents at $0.75 per 1,000 calls

Search and Fetch each allow 5 requests per second per account. Claude Code and Codex tool calls stay free until October 31 - what changes once billing begins?

DeepSeek Monetizes the Agent Retrieval Layer at $0.75 per 1,000 Calls. Every Competitor Charges at Least $5.

DeepSeek is selling search and fetch access to agents at $0.75 per 1,000 requests. Every established competitor charges at least $5. On October 17, the company launched its Search and Fetch APIs alongside the release of DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017, a Pareto improvement over the previous Flash checkpoint that claims a 77.0 score on the DeepSWE v1.1 benchmark […]

DeepSeek Adds Search and Fetch APIs at 5 Yuan per 1,000 Calls

DeepSeek has added two standalone tools to its API platform, one that searches the web and one that fetches a single page. Both return raw JSON and use the same Bearer authentication as the rest of the DeepSeek API, so one key covers all three. The company says they let agent and retrieval augmented generation applications reach live web content without a separate search provider.

DeepSeek Opens Its Search and Fetch APIs at $0.75 per 1,000 Calls

DeepSeek has opened its in-house Search and Fetch APIs to everyone at $0.75 per 1,000 calls, free through Claude Code and Codex until October 31. Here is how it works, the rate limits and the China data question.