DeepSeek V4-Pro API Gets a 75% Cut, but the Promotion End Date Is Unclear

| Model | API model ID | Input $/M | Cached input $/M | Output $/M | Context | Effective | Price source | --- --- --- --- | | DeepSeek V4 Pro | `deepseek-v4-pro`Current | $0.435 | $0.003625 | $0.87 | 1M | Apr 24, 2026 | Official current pricing | | DeepSeek V4 Flash | `deepseek-v4-flash`Current | $0.14 | $0.0028 | $0.28 | 1M | Apr 24, 2026 | Official current pricing | | DeepSeek R1 | `deepseek-reasoner`Historical mapping | $0.55 | $0.14 | $2.19 | 128K | Jan 20, 2025 | Official R1 release | | DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) | `deepseek-reasoner`Retired alias | $0.55 | $0.14 | $2.19 | 128K | Dec 1, 2025 | Official legacy pricing | | DeepSeek V3.2 | `deepseek-chat`Retired alias | $0.28 | $0.028 | $0.42 | 128K | Dec 1, 2025 | Official legacy pricing | [...] ## DeepSeek API quickstart: one authenticated request DeepSeek exposes an OpenAI-compatible base URL at ` Create a key in the DeepSeek platform, keep it on the server, and send it as a Bearer token. This request uses the current Flash mod

Example B — heavy reasoning on V4-Pro. 1M input (cache miss) + 1M output = $0.435 + $0.87 = $1.305. For context: at the pre–31 May 2026 rates the same call cost $1.74 + $3.48 = $5.22, so this is roughly a 75% discount versus what V4-Pro used to bill. Example C — the ChatGPT comparison. A task that costs ~$1.30 on V4-Pro or ~$0.42 on V4-Flash would cost several dollars to well over ten dollars on a comparable GPT-class or Claude-class model. Run the numbers for your own volume in the calculator above. [...] Table 1 — Current DeepSeek API rates per 1M tokens, USD | Model | Input · cache miss | Input · cache hit | Output | | DeepSeek-V4-Flash | $0.14 | $0.0028 | $0.28 | | DeepSeek-V4-Pro | $0.435 | $0.003625 | $0.87 | Table 1 — Current DeepSeek API rates, per 1M tokens, USD. Verified 2026-07-25. ### Price history Older DeepSeek pricing tables and long-lived blog posts sometimes still quote the pre-cut rates. For reference: | Model | Effective until | Input miss | Input hit | Output

| | | | --- | | | lot-xcvb 69 days ago | root | parent | next (javascript:void(0)) An API is a local model? "(3) The deepseek-v4-pro model API pricing will be officially adjusted to 1/4 of the original price after the 75% discount promotion ends on 2026/05/31 15:59 UTC." | "(3) The deepseek-v4-pro model API pricing will be officially adjusted to 1/4 of the original price after the 75% discount promotion ends on 2026/05/31 15:59 UTC." "(3) The deepseek-v4-pro model API pricing will be officially adjusted to 1/4 of the original price after the 75% discount promotion ends on 2026/05/31 15:59 UTC." [...] | | | | --- | | Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | <ask> | <show> | <jobs> | <submit> | login | | | | | --- | | | DeepSeek makes the V4 Pro price discount permanent (deepseek.com) | | | | 621 points by Tiberium 71 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 549 comments | | | | > (3) The deepseek-v4-pro model API pricing will be officially adjusted to 1/4 of the origi

DeepSeek announced on Monday that it is offering a 75% discount on its newly released DeepSeek-V4-Pro model to developers until 5 May 2026, and is simultaneously cutting the price of input cache hits across its entire API suite to one-tenth of previous levels, effective immediately. The discount was announced in a post on X. The move intensifies a pricing competition with US AI providers that DeepSeek first triggered in January 2025 with its R1 model, which claimed frontier-level reasoning performance at a fraction of the cost of comparable OpenAI products. [...] Skip to content This article was published on April 27, 2026 Artificial Intelligence # DeepSeek cuts V4-Pro prices by 75% and slashes cache costs across its entire API to a tenth DeepSeek cuts V4-Pro prices by 75% and slashes cache costs across its entire API to a tenth The promotional discount runs until 5 May 2026. Even at full price, V4-Pro already undercuts GPT-5.5, Claude Opus 4.7, and Gemini 3.1 Pro on per-token c

## ShenzhenStory's Post ### ShenzhenStory April 27 · On 26 April, DeepSeek announced that prices for its full range of DeepSeek API services had been reduced to one-tenth of their original levels. Additionally, the Pro model is available with a limited-time 75% discount until 5 May 2026. Following the latest price adjustment, the cost per million tokens for DeepSeek-V4-Flash with cache hits is $0.0029, whilst DeepSeek-V4-Pro is priced at $0.0037. Under standard pricing, the cost of DeepSeek-V4-Pro is approximately one-seventh that of GPT-5.5 and one-sixth that of Claude Opus 4.7.

Skip to main contentDeepSeek just confirmed that their 75% promo discount for the V4-Pro API is actually becoming the permanent price : r/ArtificialInteligence Open menu Open navigation?Image 35 r/DeepSeek•3mo ago ### Is DeepSeek V4 Pro expensive (without discounts)? Image 36: r/DeepSeek - Is DeepSeek V4 Pro expensive (without discounts)? 116 upvotes ·42 comments Deepseek-v4-pro is currently 75% off right now.Image 37 r/SillyTavernAI•3mo ago ### Deepseek-v4-pro is currently 75% off right now. Image 38: r/SillyTavernAI - Deepseek-v4-pro is currently 75% off right now. 162 upvotes ·43 comments [...] Română Polski Українська Filipino Italiano Public Anyone can view, post, and comment to this community 0 0 Home Popular News Explore Best of Reddit Best of Reddit in Portuguese Best of Reddit in German Reddit Rules Privacy Policy User Agreement Your Privacy Choices Accessibility Reddit, Inc. © 2026. All rights reserved. Im