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DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

Instantly via the EU router or as a dedicated GPU deployment. Data stays in Europe.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B is an open-source language model from DeepSeek with 8B parameters and a 131K-token context window, hosted on EU GPUs via an OpenAI-compatible API.

deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b vLLM ready
text->text · deepseek-ai · EU-hosted
8B
Parameters
131K
Context window
16GB
Minimum VRAM
POST /api/v1/chat/completions 200 OK

Specifications

Parameters 8B
Context window 131,072 tokens
Minimum VRAM 16 GB
Architecture LlamaForCausalLM (vLLM)
License open-weights
Modality text->text
Publisher deepseek-ai ↗

Pricing

Shared router · per token
€0.05
Input (per 1M tokens)
€0.10
Output (per 1M tokens)
Dedicated GPU · per hour
from €1,16 per hour
Your own vLLM instance on European cloud (16 GB VRAM), billed hourly.

Shared EU router, pay-per-token, scale-to-zero. Dedicated GPU deployments are billed hourly, see pricing.

✓ Verified working on 17-07-2026, responded in 503 ms on our EU infrastructure.

Call it now

Drop-in replacement for OpenAI: change only the base URL and API key. The Anthropic format (/v1/messages) is supported too.

curl https://hostyourai.com/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer hyai-..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Frequently asked questions

Can I run DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B in the EU?

Yes. HostYourAI runs DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B on GPUs in European datacenters via vLLM. Prompts and outputs never leave the EU and there is no US cloud provider in the chain.

Is hosting DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B GDPR-compliant?

Yes. All processing happens inside the EU, a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) is available and the subprocessor list is public. Open-source weights also mean: no training on your data.

How much does DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B cost?

Via the shared EU router you pay €0.05 per million input tokens and €0.10 per million output tokens, with no fixed costs. For high volume or isolation you can also run DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B as a dedicated hourly GPU instance.

Is the API OpenAI-compatible?

Yes. You use the standard OpenAI SDKs with a custom base URL (https://hostyourai.com/api/v1). The Anthropic Messages API is supported as a drop-in as well.

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