DeepSeek V4 Flash API Pricing
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DeepSeek · released Sep 10, 2026 · 1M context · API model ID deepseek-v4-flash
DeepSeek V4 Flash by DeepSeek API pricing: $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $1.20 per 1M output tokens (standard (peak) price, verified against the official pricing page, Oct 9, 2026).
Prices
| Price | USD per 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Input | $0.30 |
| Output | $1.20 |
| Cache read | $0.006 |
| Cache write | Not published |
| Off-peak input | $0.15 |
| Off-peak output | $0.60 |
| Off-peak cache read | $0.003 |
The Input, Output and Cache read rows are the standard (peak) prices; the Off-peak rows apply at other times. Off-peak is every hour outside 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC on weekdays, plus weekends and Chinese public holidays.
Verified against the provider's official pricing page on Oct 9, 2026. Official pricing page
Estimated monthly cost
$270.00
per month
- per day
- $9.00
- per request
- $0.0009
Cannot estimate: a needed price is not published.
Cost = input tokens × input price + output tokens × output price, 30 days a month. Cached input uses the cache read price. Cache write fees are not included. Estimates use the standard (peak) price. Off-peak usage costs less.
Monthly cost by workload
| Workload | Per month |
|---|---|
| Chatbot1,000 in / 500 out tokens, 10,000 requests a day | $270.00/mo |
| RAG8,000 in / 500 out tokens, 5,000 requests a day | $450.00/mo |
| Coding agent50,000 in / 2,000 out tokens, 1,000 requests a day, 80% cached input | $169.20/mo |
Context and capabilities
- Context
- 1,000,000 tokens
- Max output
- 393,216 tokens
- Input
- text, image
- Output
- text
- Knowledge cutoff
- May 2025
- Open weights
- Yes
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Reasoning
- Yes
- Structured outputs
- Yes
Capabilities and limits as listed by models.dev.
Similarly priced models
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · $0.30 in / $1.20 out
- MiniMax-M3 · $0.30 in / $1.20 out
- GLM-5.3-FlashX · $0.37 in / $1.25 out
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite · $0.30 in / $2.50 out
Price history
No price changes since we started tracking on Oct 8, 2026.
Questions
- How much does DeepSeek V4 Flash cost per month?
- For a chatbot handling 10,000 requests a day with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens each, DeepSeek V4 Flash costs about $270.00 per month at the provider's official standard (peak) prices (verified) ($0.30 per 1M input tokens, $1.20 per 1M output tokens).
- Does DeepSeek V4 Flash support prompt caching?
- Yes. Cached input costs $0.006 per 1M tokens, compared with $0.30 for regular input.
- How long is DeepSeek V4 Flash's context window?
- DeepSeek V4 Flash accepts up to 1,000,000 tokens (1M) of context and returns up to 393,216 tokens per response.
- Does DeepSeek V4 Flash have off-peak pricing?
- Yes. Off-peak requests cost $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.60 per 1M output tokens, compared with $0.30 and $1.20 at the standard (peak) price. Off-peak is every hour outside 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC on weekdays, plus weekends and Chinese public holidays.