# DeepSeek launches Search and Fetch APIs at $0.75 per 1,000 requests

Digest AI · Agents & Tools · published 2026-10-18T18:21:00Z

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## Summary

Chinese AI company DeepSeek announced on Oct. 17 that it is offering a Search API and a Fetch API for external developers. Both services are priced at $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests, and free server‑side access is available until 1 a.m. Japan time on Nov. 1, 2026. The launch was reported by GIGAZINE on Oct. 19.

The Search API lets applications query DeepSeek’s proprietary web‑search engine, while the Fetch API returns the main text of a supplied URL in markdown format. After locating relevant pages with Search, developers can pull the content with Fetch and feed it into downstream AI tasks such as summarisation or analysis. The APIs are already integrated on the server side of DeepSeek Harness and can be called from Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex. On the same day DeepSeek also released a new model, DeepSeek‑V4.1‑Flash‑1017.

DeepSeek frames the move as a way to broaden its developer ecosystem, offering low‑cost, ready‑made search and document‑retrieval functions that many AI agents and tools need. GIGAZINE’s price comparison suggests the fees are cheaper than competing search APIs, though the company warns that actual costs may vary with usage patterns after the free period ends.

## Key points

- DeepSeek's Search and Fetch APIs cost $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests.
- Free server‑side access ends at 1 a.m. Japan time on Nov. 1, 2026.
- APIs integrate with DeepSeek Harness, Anthropic Claude Code, and OpenAI Codex.

## Why it matters

Low‑cost web‑search and document‑fetch APIs let developers add up‑to‑date information retrieval to AI apps without building their own infrastructure, potentially accelerating AI agent and tool development.

## Sources

1. [DeepSeek launches Search, Fetch APIs at $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests](https://digitaltoday.co.kr/en/view/116485/deepseek-launches-search-fetch-apis-at-0-75-per-1-000-successful-requests) (digitaltoday.co.kr, 2026-10-18)

## Cite

Digest AI, "DeepSeek launches Search and Fetch APIs at $0.75 per 1,000 requests", 18 October 2026, https://digestai.news/story/deepseek-launches-search-and-fetch-apis-at-0-75-per-1-000-requests

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