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DeepSeek API Prices Jump Up to 1,100% on August 16

DeepSeek raised API prices by up to 1,100% effective August 16 at 16:00 UTC, with V4 Pro cached input tokens jumping from $0.0036 to $0.044 per million during peak hours, a 1,113% increase. The company also launched V4 Pro out of a four-month preview and introduced time-of-day pricing with peak hours from 01:00–04:00 UTC and 06:00–10:00 UTC.

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DeepSeek raised API prices by up to 1,100% today, effective in 48 hours — August 16 at 16:00 UTC. The company simultaneously launched V4 Pro out of a four-month preview. The new peak/off-peak billing structure hits cache-heavy workloads hardest: V4 Pro cached input tokens jump from $0.0036 to $0.044 per million during peak hours — a 1,113% increase. If you’re running V4 Flash or V4 Pro in production, you have until Saturday to decide what to do about it. What Changes on August 16 DeepSeek replaces flat-rate billing with time-of-day pricing. Peak hours are 01:00–04:00 UTC and 06:00–10:00 UTC. Off-peak […]

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