THE TICKER · DEEPSEEK · CHECKED DAILY · LAST CHANGE 2026-07-11
DEEPSEEK API PRICING
The price disrupter — cheapest input AND output, twice over.
DeepSeek undercuts the priciest model on the board by roughly 23x on input and keeps the only 2x output multiple in the business — on DeepSeek the output is cheap enough that verbose models stop being a bill problem. On top of that, off-peak hours (16:30–00:30 UTC) run ~50% off list. The catch is not price, it's context: DeepSeek's cost advantage shrinks as your prompts grow, because long-context processing has its own floor.
THE DEEPSEEK LINEUP
USD PER MILLION TOKENS · 2026-08-04| Model | Input / MTok | Output / MTok | Multiple | Cached read | Cache write |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V4 Pro Off-peak (16:30–00:30 UTC) is ~50% off list. | $0.435 | $0.870 | 2.0x | $0.044 | $0.544 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash Off-peak (16:30–00:30 UTC) is ~50% off list. | $0.140 | $0.280 | 2.0x | $0.014 | $0.175 |
Source: api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing · verified 2026-08-12 · effective public price, promos included.
ONE JOB ACROSS THE DEEPSEEK LINEUP
Estimates, not invoices.
DEEPSEEK CHANGELOG
DeepSeek V4 Pro joins the board at $0.435 in / $0.87 out per MTok.