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DeepSeek · Released Jan 27, 2026

DeepSeek OCR 2

High-accuracy OCR model for extracting text from documents, screenshots, receipts, and natural scenes.

  • Open weights
  • Vision
Capability
—No ECI score yet
Input
$0.89per 1M tokens
Output
$1.47per 1M tokens
Context
8K8K max output
Pricing

What it costs

Input
$0.89per million tokens
Output
$1.47per million tokens
Blended (3:1)
$1.03pricier than 57% of priced models

Typical monthly bills

Monthly usageEstimated cost
Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens$2.51
Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens$29.58
Production app250M input + 50M output tokens$295.80

Median of 1 paid API provider on models.dev.

Capability

Independent benchmarks

Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for DeepSeek OCR 2 yet.

Specifications

The details

Lab
DeepSeek
Released
Jan 27, 2026
Context window
8,192 tokens
Max output
8,192 tokens
Inputs
Text, Images
Output
Text
Reasoning
No
Tool calling
No
Structured output
No
Weights
Open weights
Availability
2 API providerslisted on models.dev
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Questions

About DeepSeek OCR 2

How much does DeepSeek OCR 2 cost?

DeepSeek OCR 2 costs $0.89 input / $1.47 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $1.03 per million tokens, more expensive than 57% of the 360 priced models we track.

What is the context window of DeepSeek OCR 2?

DeepSeek OCR 2 accepts up to 8,192 tokens per request and can write up to 8,192 tokens in one response.

How good is DeepSeek OCR 2?

Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for DeepSeek OCR 2 yet.

Is DeepSeek OCR 2 open source?

Yes. DeepSeek publishes the weights, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.

What inputs does DeepSeek OCR 2 support?

DeepSeek OCR 2 accepts text and images and replies in text. It is not a dedicated reasoning model, does not support tool calling.

When was DeepSeek OCR 2 released?

DeepSeek released DeepSeek OCR 2 on Jan 27, 2026.

What are the best alternatives to DeepSeek OCR 2?

The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed (MiniMax, $0.60 / $2.40), Seed 2.0 Code (ByteDance Seed, $0.475 / $2.37), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B (Alibaba (Qwen), $0.40 / $3.20) and Nova 2 Lite (Amazon, $0.33 / $2.75).