DeepSeek to get a significant price hike soon

DeepSeek, the Chinese AI firm known for its low-cost services, warned users on Thursday of a "significant" price increase for its AI services, without specifying the amount. The company currently charges less than $1 per million input and output tokens, compared to Anthropic's Fable 5 model at $10 per million input and $50 per million output tokens. The hike comes as DeepSeek plans to build a large data center in Inner Mongolia.

DeepSeek to get a 'significant' price hike soon Alex Perry /author/aperry yelix.bsky.social http://yelix.bsky.social . Read Full Bio /author/aperry Everything is becoming more expensive, including things that are supposed to be cheap. The latest example is DeepSeek's https://mashable.com/article/deepseek-v4-preview-comparison-chatgpt-claude-gemini AI services, as reported by Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-06/deepseek-plans-significant-price-increase-for-its-ai-services . The Chinese AI firm sent a notice to users on Thursday warning of a "significant" price increase, though it did not specify just how significant it would be. DeepSeek has been known for its extremely cheap services relative to the competition, especially with regards to its western counterparts, so this is probably not the most welcome news among DeepSeek users. Terms of Use https://www.ziffdavis.com/terms-of-use and Privacy Policy https://www.ziffdavis.com/ztg-privacy-policy . To be more specific, DeepSeek currently charges less than a dollar per million input and output tokens, which is how AI services are sold to customers. By comparison, Anthropic's Fable 5 model charges $10 per million input and $50 per million output tokens. It was probably unsustainable for DeepSeek to continue charging so little compared to the competition, especially as the company plans to build a huge data center in Inner Mongolia. You May Also Like But still, you can't count on anything staying cheap anymore. Not even AI, the thing that's making everything else expensive in the first place. Topics Artificial Intelligence https://mashable.com/category/artificial-intelligence DeepSeek https://mashable.com/category/deepseek Alex Perry is a tech reporter at Mashable who primarily covers video games and consumer tech. Alex has spent most of the last decade reviewing games, smartphones, headphones, and laptops, and he doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon. He is also a Pisces, a cat lover, and a Kansas City sports fan. Alex can be found on Bluesky at yelix.bsky.social http://yelix.bsky.social .