DeepSeek Introduces $0.75 AI Web Search: A New Cost to Compare
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DeepSeek has introduced its Search and Fetch APIs, allowing developers to connect AI applications to live information from the internet. Both services are listed at $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests. This means 100,000 search requests would cost $75, while one million would cost $750. For businesses building AI agents, this introduces another cost to consider beyond the price of the AI model itself.
Estimates assume $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests. Model token charges and other services are not included. Actual costs depend on usage and applicable billing conditions.
DeepSeek bills only requests that return a result; failed requests, empty search results and timeouts are not billed. Search and Fetch calls made through server-side tools in DeepSeek Harness, Claude Code and Codex are free until 31 October 2026 at 16:00 UTC.
AI agents often need more than a language model to complete their work. They may search the internet, retrieve documents and process the information before providing an answer. Each of these steps can affect the final cost. DeepSeek's new pricing shows why companies should compare the full cost of running an AI agent, rather than looking only at input and output token prices.