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DeepSeek API service will soon adopt a peak-valley pricing strategy

DeepSeek announced its API service will adopt a peak-valley pricing strategy, with peak-hour prices doubling the regular price across all billing items. Peak hours in UTC are 1:00–4:00 AM and 6:00–10:00 AM, with the effective date to be announced. Applications are open until July 27.

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| |||||||||||| 1 point by | DeepSeek API service will soon adopt a peak-valley pricing strategy, with peak-hour prices being twice the regular price, applicable to all billing items. The specific effective date will be subject to official notice. Peak hours (in UTC): 1:00–4:00 AM and 6:00–10:00 AM. (UTC+8 equivalent: 9:00 AM–12:00 noon and 2:00–6:00 PM.) | ||||||||||| Applications are open till July 27. |

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