Comment by hinow
1 day ago
But what no one mentions is that the price is going from a starting point of $0.16 to $0.60, so basically they're charging nearly four times as much.
1 day ago
But what no one mentions is that the price is going from a starting point of $0.16 to $0.60, so basically they're charging nearly four times as much.
Like _aavaa_ said, make sure you're comparing the right vals 1:1. There's different costs for cache hit, cache misses, output tokens, etc. This one seems, during non-peak hours, cheaper. Peak hours are obviously more expensive, if they're gonna be 2x non-peak pricing. But, that might end up decreasing in the future.
Deepseek already has 2x peak pricing. This is just going to be cheaper across the board.
Ah, how did I not know about this? I guess I had missed seeing this somewhere, I might just always be using it during off-peak hours. Thanks!
Take a look at the answer below, please. :)
What are you talking about? Current flash prices are 0.66 for output, this is dropping it to 0.60.
This is the notice from DeepSeek regarding their API:
We will adjust the pricing for the Flash series effective from 12:00 Beijing Time on September 10, 2026. During off-peak hours, the unit price will be $0.003 for input cache hits, $0.15 for input cache misses, and $0.6 for output. Peak-hour prices will be double the off-peak rates. Please plan your usage accordingly.
------------------------------------------------------- Hoje em sites como openrouter o valor é de $0.16 output .
Direct 1:1:1 comparison, for V4.1 Flash - V4 Pro 0813 - V4 Flash 0731
Input cache hits (per 1m tokens) - $0.003 Vs. $0.022 Vs. $0.007
Input cache miss (per 1m tokens) - $0.15 Vs. $0.66 Vs. $0.22
Output (per 1m tokens) - $0.6 Vs. $1.98 Vs. $0.66
This is taken from https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing, and it's comparing only off-peak hours pricing. It looks like V4.1 Flash is cheaper than the current 0731 flash model, and much cheaper than the current V4 Pro model.
> Hoje em sites como openrouter o valor é de $0.16 output .
You're comparing different providers then. DeepSeek price on OpenRouter is $0.66 output.
Yes, and? This is their current off-peak pricing for their flash model [0]: $0.007 cache, $0.22 input, $0.66.
0.007 -> 0.003
0.22 -> 0.15
0.66 -> 0.60
Each one is now cheaper.
[0]: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing/