GoKawiilDeepSeek launches Search and Fetch APIs priced at $0.75 per 1,000 requests
DeepSeek has introduced two new tools, a Search API and a Fetch API, giving developers programmatic access to live web content for AI agents and retrieval-augmented generation applications. The Search API returns structured results from DeepSeek's own search engine, while the Fetch API pulls a single webpage's content and converts it to Markdown; both use the same bearer-token authentication as DeepSeek's existing API and are priced at $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests.
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By building its own search and retrieval infrastructure rather than relying on third parties like Google or Bing, DeepSeek could reduce costs and dependency risks while competing more directly with OpenAI and Anthropic, which offer similar browsing tools for their models. The low per-request pricing may be an attempt to attract developers building agentic and RAG applications at scale, though how it compares to rivals' real-world costs remains to be seen.
- DeepSeek added Search and Fetch APIs for live web access, aimed at AI agents and RAG apps.
- Pricing is set at $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests, using the same authentication as DeepSeek's core API.
- Search API uses DeepSeek's in-house engine; Fetch API converts single webpages into Markdown.
Source: api-docs.deepseek.com, 2026-10-18
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