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DeepSeek R1 Reasoning Model Cloud Pricing & Cheapest Providers (2026 Benchmark)

Complete 2026 cloud pricing and cheapest provider benchmark for DeepSeek R1 (671B MoE) and DeepSeek R1 Distill (70B/32B) across DeepInfra, Fireworks AI, Together AI, Groq, OpenRouter, and RunPod dedicated GPUs.

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Live 2026 FinOps Benchmark Matrix: Reasoning Cloud Arbitrage

Architecture / Model Tier	2026 Unit Economics & Pricing	Production FinOps Impact
DeepInfra US Zero-Log Serverless (Cheapest Full R1)	$0.50/1M input · $2.15/1M output ($0.14/1M cache)	76 tok/s · <370ms TTFT · SOC2 Zero-Data-Retention
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B on Groq / DeepInfra	$0.23/1M input · $0.69/1M output	Up to 390 tok/s (<120ms TTFT) · 96% cheaper than o1
Fireworks AI & Together AI Enterprise R1	$0.55–$3.00/1M input · $2.19–$7.00/1M output	73% price spread for identical 671B R1 weights
Self-Hosted DeepSeek R1 on RunPod (8x H100/H200)	Break-even at ~65M tokens/day continuous load	100% private VPC weights via vLLM / SGLang

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