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DeepSeek raises V4 model API pricing fourfold with peak and off-peak tiers
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DeepSeek’s V4 Pro and V4 Flash models will cost up to four times more per million output tokens starting August 16
The price increase ends DeepSeek’s long-standing discount strategy, which undercut competitors by a wide margin. Teams relying on its low-cost API for inference will see immediate cost spikes unless they shift workloads to off-peak hours. Even after the hike, DeepSeek remains cheaper than most alternatives, but the gap narrows significantly for some use cases
Written by elseif from the cluster below · every claim links back to a sourceThe three things worth knowing
DeepSeek V4 Pro output tokens rise from $0.87 to $3.96 per million at peak hours
Off-peak pricing halves the peak rate, offering a partial cost offset for flexible workloads
The new rates still undercut OpenAI’s premium models but exceed its budget-tier pricing
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