fineprint what AI companies quietly changed · RSS

2026-08-01 17:09 UTC · deepseek/api-pricing · live page

DeepSeek will soon adopt a peak/off-peak pricing policy where prices will be 2x the regular prices during specified daily hours.

Summary by gemma-4-12b. It may be wrong; the diff below is what actually changed. Raw: 10428190a3-deepseek-api-pricing.diff · commit 10428190a3

diff --git a/snapshots/deepseek/api-pricing.md b/snapshots/deepseek/api-pricing.mdindex df705d8..567c503 100644--- a/snapshots/deepseek/api-pricing.md+++ b/snapshots/deepseek/api-pricing.md@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ The prices listed below are in units of per 1M tokens. A token, the smallest unit of text that the model recognizes, can be a word, a number, or even a punctuation mark. We will bill based on the total number of input and output tokens by the model. -| MODEL | deepseek-v4-flash(1) | deepseek-v4-pro |  |+| MODEL | deepseek-v4-flash | deepseek-v4-pro |  | |---|---|---|---| | BASE URL (OpenAI Format) | https://api.deepseek.com |  |  | | BASE URL (Anthropic Format) | https://api.deepseek.com/anthropic |  |  |-| MODEL VERSION | DeepSeek-V4-Flash | DeepSeek-V4-Pro |  |+| MODEL VERSION | DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 | DeepSeek-V4-Pro |  | | THINKING MODE | Supports both non-thinking and thinking (default) modes See Thinking Mode for how to switch |  |  | | CONTEXT LENGTH | 1M |  |  |@@ -15,12 +15,18 @@ The prices listed below are in units of per 1M tokens. A token, the smallest uni | FEATURES | Json Output | ✓ | ✓ | | Tool Calls | ✓ | ✓ |  |+| Responses API(1) | ✓ | ✗ |  |+| Anthropic API | ✓ | ✓ |  | | Chat Prefix Completion(Beta) | ✓ | ✓ |  | | FIM Completion(Beta) | Non-thinking mode only | Non-thinking mode only |  |-| PRICING | 1M INPUT TOKENS (CACHE HIT) | $0.0028 | $0.003625 |+| PRICING(2) | 1M INPUT TOKENS (CACHE HIT) | $0.0028 | $0.003625 | | 1M INPUT TOKENS (CACHE MISS) | $0.14 | $0.435 |  | | 1M OUTPUT TOKENS | $0.28 | $0.87 |  |-| Concurrency Limit(2) | 2500 | 500 |  |+| Concurrency Limit(3) | 2500 | 500 |  | -(1) The model names `deepseek-chat` and `deepseek-reasoner` will be deprecated on 2026/07/24 15:59 UTC. For compatibility, they correspond to the non-thinking mode and thinking mode of `deepseek-v4-flash`, respectively.  (2) For more details on concurrency limits, please refer to Rate Limit & Isolation+(1) The Responses API currently only supports the `deepseek-v4-flash` model, and does not yet support the `deepseek-v4-pro` model. We will add support for the `deepseek-v4-pro` model in early August 2026.++(2) The DeepSeek API service will soon adopt a peak/off-peak pricing policy. During peak hours, prices will be 2x the regular prices, applicable to all billing items. The effective date will be subject to the official announcement. [Peak hours: 9:00–12:00 and 14:00–18:00 (Beijing Time, UTC+8) daily]++(3) For more details on concurrency limits, please refer to Rate Limit & Isolation  The expense = number of tokens × price. The corresponding fees will be directly deducted from your topped-up balance or granted balance, with a preference for using the granted balance first when both balances are available.

← DeepSeek timeline