DeepSeek API key setup
Open-weight frontier models (V3, R1, V4 Pro) at aggressive unit pricing. Hosted at platform.deepseek.com.
Get your key
- Open the DeepSeek API keys page: platform.deepseek.com/api_keys
- Create an account and generate an API key.
- Paste it into the Dracon key manager — stored encrypted (AES-256-GCM), used browser-direct, works in every Dracon tool.
Free tier
Yes. Free API access to DeepSeek chat (rate-limited); aggressive paid-tier pricing (V4 Flash from $0.14/$0.28 per M tokens as of the 2026-07-31 public beta). no credit card required
Rate limits: See platform.deepseek.com; paid tiers advertise quota per 5h window.
Connection details
- Base URL
https://api.deepseek.com/v1- API shape
- OpenAI-compatible
- Env var
DEEPSEEK_API_KEY- Models
- deepseek-chat, deepseek-reasoner
- Model lineup
- DeepSeek V3, DeepSeek R1, DeepSeek V4 Pro, DeepSeek V4 Flash