The Chinese AI firm introduces peak and off-peak pricing, raising costs for developers accessing its V4 models.
DeepSeek will increase API prices for its V4-Flash and V4-Pro models by 50% to over 1,100%, effective August 16 at 16:00 UTC. The new pricing structure includes peak and off-peak rates, with output tokens for V4-Flash rising to $1.32 per million during peak hours from a flat $0.28 previously.
V4-Pro output tokens will jump to $3.96 per million at peak, up from $0.87, while input token costs also climb. Off-peak rates are set at half the peak prices. The company stated the changes aim to allocate resources more efficiently and reduce congestion during high-traffic periods.
Despite the increases, DeepSeek’s new peak rates remain below competitors like Anthropic’s Fable 5, which charges $50 per million output tokens.