DeepSeek API access, with the enterprise paperwork handled.
The model is the easy part. What stops enterprise teams is the contract, the invoice, and having someone to call. We handle all three.
What you get
An OpenAI-compatible endpoint serving DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, plus the commercial machinery around it. Your engineers see an endpoint and a key. Your legal and finance teams see a contract they can negotiate and an invoice they can book.
What the API supports
- A 1M token context window
- Up to 384K tokens of output in one response
- Native image and video input
- Concurrency up to 2,500
- Streaming, and the request shapes your SDK already sends
Be clear about what this is
We are an independent provider. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting as an agent of DeepSeek. We resell access to their model and handle the commercial layer.
If the self-service DeepSeek platform works for your organization, going direct is a reasonable choice and often the cheaper one. We exist for the cases where it does not.
Get a quoteWhere the direct route stops
This is not a criticism of DeepSeek — it is a description of what they have chosen to build, taken from their own help center. Their API is described as a self-service and standardized model. That design is excellent for individuals and small teams. It is the point where enterprise procurement stops.
| What official says | What it means for procurement |
|---|---|
| Self-service and standardized model | No account manager — a ticket queue instead |
| Standard framework agreement that cannot be modified | Legal review has nothing to negotiate |
| Prepaid top-up; no credit account, purchase order or net terms | Finance pays in advance and reconciles afterward |
| Corporate email domains not supported at sign-up | Not designed around corporate accounts |
We are not claiming you cannot pay them — their help center documents PayPal and card payment. The blocker is the procurement process, not the payment method. Full comparison here.
Common questions
Is the DeepSeek API OpenAI-compatible?
Yes. The endpoints follow the OpenAI chat-completions schema, so the official SDKs and anything built on them work unchanged.
What are the rate limits?
Concurrency on Flash goes up to 2,500. We set your account limits when we onboard you — give us your peak concurrency and we will confirm in writing what we can commit to.
Do you offer an SLA?
We will put response and availability commitments in the contract, and tell you plainly what we can and cannot guarantee before you sign. We do not publish a blanket uptime figure we would then have to defend.
Can we keep our current provider as a fallback?
Yes, and we recommend it. Route a share of traffic to us, keep your existing configuration in place, and move it back the same way you moved it over.
Which regions can you serve?
We screen companies and end users against applicable export controls and sanctions before onboarding. Tell us where your entity and your users are and we will confirm before you commit.
ONE LINE CHANGES
Your application
The OpenAI SDK you already ship.
api.workhorseapi.com
Same request shape. Same streaming.
WORKHORSE ENDPOINT
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
1M context · 384K output
response returns the same way
WHAT WE HANDLE AROUND IT
- Contract you can negotiate
- One monthly invoice
- A named account contact
- Data processing agreement
Tell us what you're running.
Send us your monthly volume and what you use today. We usually reply within one business day with a price and a named contact.