DeepSeek API
DeepSeek V4 Pro API Pricing 2026 — Cost per 1 Million Tokens
Current DeepSeek V4 Pro API pricing from DeepSeek per 1 million tokens, including input, output and cached-token rates when available.
| Model | Rate | Price / 1M tokens |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V4 Pro Higher-capability DeepSeek V4 model for harder reasoning, agentic coding and knowledge work. 1M context · max output 384K · thinking/non-thinking · 1.6T total / 49B active parameters. DeepSeek now applies peak/off-peak pricing. Peak hours are 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC Monday through Friday; all other hours are off-peak at half the peak rates. | Input — cache hit, peak | $0.044 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | Input — cache miss, peak | $1.32 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | Output — peak | $3.96 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | Input — cache hit, off-peak | $0.022 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | Input — cache miss, off-peak | $0.66 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | Output — off-peak | $1.98 |
How API token cost is calculated
Multiply the number of tokens by the provider rate, then divide by 1,000,000.
cost = tokens × price per 1M ÷ 1,000,000
Example: 250,000 input tokens at $2 / 1M = $0.50.
AI Price History
- DeepSeek V4 Pro — Input — cache hit, peak $0.003625 → $0.044
- DeepSeek V4 Pro — Input — cache miss, peak $0.435 → $1.32
- DeepSeek V4 Pro — Output — peak $0.87 → $3.96