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DeepSeek Search

Search the web with DeepSeek and return ranked results with titles, URLs, snippets, and optional page content. Use it as an AI Gateway tool with any model that supports tool calling. Your use is subject to DeepSeek's Terms & Privacy Policies.

Price
$0.75, Per 1K searches
import { gateway, generateText } from 'ai';
const result = await generateText({
model: 'zai/glm-5.3-flash',
prompt: 'What are the latest developments in AI?',
tools: {
deepseek_search: gateway.tools.deepseekSearch(),
},
});
console.log(result.text);
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Try out DeepSeek Search by DeepSeek. Usage is billed to your team at API rates. Free users (those who haven't made a payment) get $5 of credits every 30 days.

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zai logo

Ask a question and GLM 5.3 Flash will use DeepSeek Search to find current information and answer with cited sources.

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Route requests across multiple providers. Copy a provider slug to set your preference. Visit the docs for more info. Using a provider means you agree to their terms, listed under Legal.

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Provider
Search
Capabilities
ZDR
No Training
Regional Inference
Free AI Gateway Credit
Release Date
$0.75/K
—11/02/2026

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Tool
Search
Capabilities
Providers
ZDR
No Training
Free AI Gateway Credit
Release Date
$7/K+2 more
exa logo
06/01/2026
$5/K
perplexity logo
06/01/2026
$5/K+1 more
parallel logo
06/01/2026
$7/K+2 more
tako logo
08/19/2026
$7/K
browserbase logo
09/03/2026

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Model
Context
Latency
Throughput
Input
Output
Cache
Search
Capabilities
Providers
ZDR
No Training
Free AI Gateway Credit
Release Date
1M0.4 s402 tps
$0.04/M+1 more
$0.19/M+1 more
Read$0.0015/M
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+2
alibaba logo
baseten logo
boundless logo
+19
10/17/2026
1M0.5 s1096 tps
$0.60/M
$2.40/M
Read$0.01/M
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+2
baseten logo
10/17/2026
1M0.3 s293 tps
$0.04/M+1 more
$0.19/M+1 more
Read$0.0015/M
—
+2
alibaba logo
baseten logo
boundless logo
+19
09/08/2026
1M0.5 s302 tps
$0.04/M
$0.14/M
Read$0.0091/M
—
+1
alibaba logo
baseten logo
boundless logo
+11
07/31/2026
1M1.0 s186 tps
$0.66/M
$1.98/M
Read$0.02/M
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alibaba logo
azure logo
baseten logo
+3
04/23/2026
1M0.3 s222 tps
$0.06/M
$0.18/M
Read$0.0091/M
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+1
alibaba logo
azure logo
baseten logo
+5
04/23/2026