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Aion-1.0 vs DeepSeek R1

List-price comparison · Aion-1.0 details · DeepSeek R1 details

For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), DeepSeek R1 costs 82% less $146.00/mo vs $800.00/mo.

 Aion-1.0DeepSeek R1
Input / 1M tokens$4.00$0.500
Output / 1M tokens$8.00$2.15
Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out)$0.008$0.0015
Context window131,072 tokens163,840 tokens
Max output32,768 tokens32,768 tokens
TierFlagshipFlagship
ProviderAionLabsDeepSeek

Projected monthly cost

Rows open both models in the calculator — adjust volume and token counts there.

Aion-1.0

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DeepSeek R1

Chain-of-thought reasoning competitive with closed flagship models on math and logic benchmarks, at open-weight pricing.

Emits long reasoning traces that inflate output token counts and cost — cap reasoning length or use a distilled variant for latency-sensitive paths.

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Vendor list rates · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.