deepseek-v3.1 — API, Pricing & Context Window | Vivgrid
deepseek-v3.1 — API, Pricing & Context Window
deepseek-v3.1 is a reliable general-purpose model from DeepSeek with a 131K-token context window and competitive pricing. It remains a solid option for established integrations and steady production workloads.
On Vivgrid, deepseek-v3.1 is available through the unified, OpenAI-compatible endpoint, easing migration to newer DeepSeek releases when you're ready.
Specifications
| Provider | DeepSeek |
| Model ID | deepseek-v3.1 |
| Best for | General-purpose |
| Context window | 131,072 tokens |
| Modalities | Text |
| Tool / function calling | Yes |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-07 |
| Acceleration | 🌐 Global (Centralized) |
Pricing
Pricing in USD per 1M tokens, matching the provider's rates.
| Input | Cached input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| $1.14 | — | $4.56 |
Quick start
Call deepseek-v3.1 through Vivgrid's unified, OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Get an API key from the Vivgrid Console.
curl https://api.vivgrid.com/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $VIVGRID_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "deepseek-v3.1",
"messages": [\
{ "role": "user", "content": "Say hello in English, Chinese and Spanish." }\
],
"stream": true
}'
Ideal use cases
- Established general-purpose agent integrations
- Cost-efficient summarization and extraction
- Steady, high-volume text workloads
- A baseline for comparing against V3.2 and V4 models
Related models
- deepseek-v3.2 — the next 3.x release
- deepseek-v4-flash — modern low-cost model
- deepseek-r1-0528 — reasoning-focused model
Additional models
- deepseek-v3.2-exp — DeepSeek's experimental V3.2 model with a 164K context window.
- deepseek-r1-0528 — DeepSeek's reasoning-focused R1 model with a 164K context window.