DeepSeek Quadruples V4 Pro API Price to $3.96 per Million Tokens
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Updated · Engadget · Aug 14
DeepSeek Quadruples V4 Pro API Price to $3.96 per Million Tokens
3 articles · Updated · Engadget · Aug 14
Summary
$3.96 per 1 million output tokens is what DeepSeek will charge for V4 Pro at peak hours from Aug. 16, up from $0.87; off-peak pricing will be $1.98.
DeepSeek said the new peak and off-peak structure is meant to allocate resources more reasonably as it rolls out its latest model, after warning customers to prepare for steep increases.
V4 Flash will also rise to $1.32 per 1 million output tokens at peak hours from $0.28, with off-peak usage priced at $0.66.
The move reverses DeepSeek's earlier decision to keep promotional API discounts permanent, though its V4 models still undercut Moonshot's Kimi K3 at $15 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol at $30; only GPT-5.6 Luna is cheaper at $1.20.