Frontier model API
How DeepSeek API compares
Per-million-token prices from the API docs, split into the published peak and off-peak rates.
Pricing page · Site · Open in compare
api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing and deepseek.com/en/platform listed different USD figures on the same check. Rows use the API docs table. The marketing page was not used as a price.
Regions and compliance
Regions: not published / unverified
Compliance: not published / unverified
Other published facts
- Peak window: 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC, Monday–Fridayapi-docs.deepseek.comchecked 2026-10-20
Token offerings
deepseek-flash off-peak
serverless_api · deepseek-flash · open-weight not published / unverified
- Input / 1M
- 0.15api-docs.deepseek.comchecked 2026-10-20“deepseek-flash | 1M INPUT TOKENS (CACHE MISS) | OFF-PEAK | $0.15”
- Cached input / 1M
- 0.003api-docs.deepseek.comchecked 2026-10-20“deepseek-flash | 1M INPUT TOKENS (CACHE HIT) | OFF-PEAK | $0.003”
- Output / 1M
- 0.6api-docs.deepseek.comchecked 2026-10-20“deepseek-flash | 1M OUTPUT TOKENS | OFF-PEAK | $0.6”
Context 1,000,000 · tokens/s not published · TTFT not published
Off-peak is half of peak. Peak hours are weekdays 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC.
deepseek-flash peak
serverless_api · deepseek-flash · open-weight not published / unverified
- Input / 1M
- 0.3api-docs.deepseek.comchecked 2026-10-20“deepseek-flash | 1M INPUT TOKENS (CACHE MISS) | PEAK | $0.3”
- Cached input / 1M
- 0.006api-docs.deepseek.comchecked 2026-10-20“deepseek-flash | 1M INPUT TOKENS (CACHE HIT) | PEAK | $0.006”
- Output / 1M
- 1.2api-docs.deepseek.comchecked 2026-10-20“deepseek-flash | 1M OUTPUT TOKENS | PEAK | $1.2”
Context 1,000,000 · tokens/s not published · TTFT not published
deepseek-v4-pro off-peak
serverless_api · deepseek-v4-pro · open-weight not published / unverified
- Input / 1M
- 0.66api-docs.deepseek.comchecked 2026-10-20“deepseek-v4-pro | 1M INPUT TOKENS (CACHE MISS) | OFF-PEAK | $0.66”
- Cached input / 1M
- 0.022api-docs.deepseek.comchecked 2026-10-20“deepseek-v4-pro | 1M INPUT TOKENS (CACHE HIT) | OFF-PEAK | $0.022”
- Output / 1M
- 1.98api-docs.deepseek.comchecked 2026-10-20“deepseek-v4-pro | 1M OUTPUT TOKENS | OFF-PEAK | $1.98”
Context 1,000,000 · tokens/s not published · TTFT not published
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