DeepSeek Launches Search and Fetch APIs at $0.75 per 1,000 Requests
Summary
DeepSeek adds Search and Fetch APIs, run on its in-house search engine, giving agents and RAG apps live web content. Search returns ranked results; Fetch returns one page as Markdown. The company bills $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests, capped at 100 and 25 QPS respectively.
Key Points
- Search supports the site: operator for restricting results to specific domains.
- DeepSeek says server-side tool calls through DeepSeek Harness, Claude Code, or Codex stay free until per-request billing starts November 1, 2026.
- Fetch carries an additional per-domain QPS limit beyond the account-level cap.