DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 vs Claude Opus 5.5
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 costs less on both: $0.75 in and $1.188 out per million tokens, against $2.10 in and $6.00 out for Claude Opus 5.5. Both on one key at UplinkSwitch, each next to its developer's list price.
Prices · per million tokens, USD
| Tokens | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813deepseek-v4-pro-0813 | Claude Opus 5.5claude-opus-5-5 |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.75DeepSeek lists $1.32 · 43% under | $2.10Anthropic lists $4.00 · 47% under |
| Cached input | $0.0625DeepSeek lists $0.044 | $0.12Anthropic lists $0.20 · 40% under |
| Output | $1.188DeepSeek lists $3.96 · 70% under | $6.00Anthropic lists $20.00 · 70% under |
| Formats | OpenAI SDK | Anthropic SDK, OpenAI SDK |
| Developer | DeepSeek | Anthropic |
List price: each developer's published rate, read October 2026. A model with no cached rate bills cached tokens at its input rate. Live from GET https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/catalog.
Same key, same URL
One base URL and one key serve both models. The request below calls DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813; put claude-opus-5-5 in the model field to call Claude Opus 5.5 instead.
shell
curl https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/chat/completions \
-H "authorization: Bearer sk-uplink-live-..." \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"deepseek-v4-pro-0813","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'Model pages: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813, Claude Opus 5.5. Pricing by family: DeepSeek, Claude. More comparisons: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 vs GPT-6.1 Sol, Qwen3.7 Max vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813, GLM 5.3 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813, Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813.
Questions
- Which costs less, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 or Claude Opus 5.5?
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 costs less on both: $0.75 in and $1.188 out per million tokens, against $2.10 in and $6.00 out for Claude Opus 5.5.
- Can I switch between them by changing the model id?
- Yes. Both answer in the OpenAI SDK format at the same base URL with the same key. Change the model id from deepseek-v4-pro-0813 to claude-opus-5-5 and nothing else.
- Is there a subscription?
- No. Prepaid credit from $10, with no subscription or monthly fee. Each top-up locks your prices for 30 days.