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DeepSeek API Pricing Update

DeepSeek announced the launch of DeepSeek-V4-Pro and V4-Flash, introducing flexible reasoning effort levels and native OpenAI Responses API support. The company also updated its API pricing with peak and off-peak rates, where off-peak rates are 50% lower than peak, effective at 16:00 UTC on Aug 16, 2026. A user criticized the pricing structure for subsidizing US and EU users while increasing costs for Asian time zones.

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DeepSeek API Pricing Update
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We’re launching DeepSeek-V4-Pro today! 🚀 🔷 Major Agent upgrades with strong production gains! 🔷 Flexible reasoning effort for V4-Pro & V4-Flash: low for simple tasks, high for daily Agent workflows, max for complex tasks. 🔷 Native OpenAI Responses API support, optimized for

  • API pricing update 💰 With the V4 lineup release, we’re updating our API pricing and introducing peak and off-peak rates. Off-peak rates are 50% lower than peak, enabling more flexible workload scheduling. 📉 New pricing takes effect at 16:00 UTC, Aug 16, 2026 🕒
  • Why the fuck do you subsidizes US and EU and increase price for everyone near ASIAN time zone!!! It should be the opposite because US and EU has more money
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