# DeepSeek to introduce peak and off-peak pricing for its API

> Source: <https://technode.com/2026/08/14/deepseek-to-introduce-peak-and-off-peak-pricing-for-its-api/>
> Published: 2026-08-14 05:07:11+00:00

DeepSeek will introduce peak and off-peak pricing for its API from Aug. 17. Peak hours will run from 9 a.m. to noon and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Beijing time, while other hours will be classified as off-peak. Off-peak prices will be set at half the peak rates.

For `deepseek-v4-flash`

, peak pricing will be RMB0.10 per million tokens for cache-hit input, RMB3 for cache-miss input and RMB9 for output. The corresponding off-peak prices will be RMB0.05, RMB1.5 and RMB4.5. For `deepseek-v4-pro`

, peak prices will be RMB0.30, RMB9 and RMB27, compared with off-peak prices of RMB0.15, RMB4.5 and RMB13.5. [[IT Home](https://www.ithome.com/0/989/418.htm), in Chinese]