DeepSeek V3 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6

Pricing as of 2026-06-26

DeepSeek V3 costs $0.27 per 1M input tokens and $1.10 per 1M output, versus $3.00 and $15.00 for Claude Sonnet 4.6. For a 1M-input + 1M-output workload, DeepSeek V3 is cheaper — about $1.37 vs $18.00. Claude Sonnet 4.6 has the larger context window (200,000 vs 128,000 tokens).

Prices are list prices per 1,000,000 tokens, sourced from each provider and stored in Tokenia's model dataset. Estimates exclude caching, batch and volume discounts. Always confirm current pricing with the provider.