DeepSeek Search and Fetch APIs start charging US$0.75 per 1,000 calls
Agent workflows that loop heavily on Search now carry a separate tool bill on top of model token costs — 10,000 successful searches a day adds roughly US$7.50 before inference fees. Developers building on Claude Code or Codex against DeepSeek endpoints should audit their call volumes and consider caching or batching to control spend. The per-account QPS caps and 402-on-low-balance behaviour also matter for anyone running production agents at scale.
