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DeepSeek prices web search and fetch APIs at 5 yuan per 1,000 successful requests
DeepSeek has announced a rate of 5 yuan per 1,000 successful requests for web search and fetching through its API. Related server-side tool calls are currently unbilled; charging will begin at 00:00 Beijing time on November 1, 2026. Both interfaces use DeepSeek's own search engine to supply real-time web content for Agent and RAG applications.
What to know
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Search returns structured results for web queries, while Fetch supplies a single page's title and body in Markdown.
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Users of DeepSeek API in DeepSeek Harness, Claude Code and Codex already access Search / Fetch through server-side tool calls.
Why it matters
The fee schedule concerns APIs that supply real-time web content for Agent and RAG applications.
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