DeepSeek · AI model API pricing
How much does DeepSeek V4 Pro cost?
DeepSeek's stronger model — frontier-adjacent quality at prices an order of magnitude below Western labs.
Rate card
| Input tokens | $0.43 / 1M |
| Cached input | $0.0036 / 1M |
| Output tokens | $0.87 / 1M |
| Context window | — |
What that means per month
| Workload | Tokens / month | Cost / month |
|---|---|---|
| Prototype | 1M in · 0.3M out | $0.70/mo |
| Small app | 10M in · 3M out | $6.96/mo |
| Production app | 50M in · 15M out | $34.8/mo |
| High volume | 200M in · 60M out | $139/mo |
| Heavy platform | 1B in · 300M out | $696/mo |
Standard on-demand rates from DeepSeek's official API docs, last checked 2026-07-16. Cache-hit input bills at $0.003625 per 1M — effectively free for repeated prompts. Monthly figures exclude caching and batch discounts. Confirm live pricing before committing.
Cheaper alternatives
At a reference workload of 10M input / 3M output tokens a month, these cost less than DeepSeek V4 Pro ($6.96/mo):
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MiniMax M3 $6.60/mo -
GPT-5.4 Nano $5.75/mo -
Mistral Small 4 $3.30/mo