DeepSeek vs Fireworks AI
Same workloads, both price lists, refreshed daily. On shared line items today: DeepSeek is cheaper on 2 of 5 shared models (input or output price), Fireworks AI on 1.
DeepSeek
Frontier-class reasoning and coding models at a fraction of Western lab prices, with off-peak discounts and open weights for self-hosting..
- Extreme price/performance
- Off-peak pricing windows
- Open weights available
Fireworks AI
Speed-focused open-model inference with FireAttention serving stack, function-calling models and image generation. Strong latency SLAs for production apps.
- Very low latency serving
- Function-calling optimized
- Enterprise SLAs
Shared models, priced by both
List prices refreshed 2026-08-23 ยท input $/1M tokens| Model | DeepSeek in/out | Fireworks AI in/out | Cheaper input |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V3 | $0.270 / $1.10 | $0.900 / $0.900 | DeepSeek |
| DeepSeek V3.2 | $0.280 / $0.400 | $0.560 / $1.68 | DeepSeek |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | $0.440 / $1.32 | $0.140 / $0.280 | Fireworks AI |
| DeepSeek R1 | $0.550 / $2.19 | $3.00 / $8.00 | DeepSeek |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | $1.32 / $3.96 | $1.74 / $3.48 | DeepSeek |
Cheaper-on-count is a tally of listed prices, not a quality verdict: throughput, reliability and quantization differ between providers. Disclosure.