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

DeepSeek will introduce peak and off-peak pricing for its API starting Aug. 17, with off-peak rates set at half of peak rates. Peak hours are 9 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Beijing time. For deepseek-v4-flash, peak prices are RMB0.10 per million tokens for cache-hit input, RMB3 for cache-miss input, and RMB9 for output; off-peak prices are RMB0.05, RMB1.5, and RMB4.5. For deepseek-v4-pro, peak prices are RMB0.30, RMB9, and RMB27, with off-peak prices of RMB0.15, RMB4.5, and RMB13.5.

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