{"slug": "deepseek-api-prices-jump-up-to-1100-on-august-16", "title": "DeepSeek API Prices Jump Up to 1,100% on August 16", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "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 […]\n\nThe post", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deepseek-api-prices-jump-up-to-1100-on-august-16", "canonical_source": "https://byteiota.com/deepseek-api-price-hike/", "published_at": "2026-08-15 03:30:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-15 03:41:52.449924+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["DeepSeek", "V4 Pro", "V4 Flash"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deepseek-api-prices-jump-up-to-1100-on-august-16", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deepseek-api-prices-jump-up-to-1100-on-august-16.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deepseek-api-prices-jump-up-to-1100-on-august-16.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deepseek-api-prices-jump-up-to-1100-on-august-16.jsonld"}}