{"slug": "new-deepseek-pricing-published-peak-and-off-peak", "title": "New DeepSeek Pricing Published (Peak and Off-Peak)", "summary": "DeepSeek published new API pricing for its V4 Flash and V4 Pro models, introducing peak and off-peak rates. Off-peak V4 Flash prices rose sharply from previous levels: cache hit from $0.0028 to $0.007 (+250%), cache miss from $0.14 to $0.22 (+157%), and output from $0.28 to $0.66 (+235%). Peak hours are 01:00-04:00 and 06:00-10:00 UTC, with peak rates double off-peak.", "body_md": "See here: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing/\n\nPeak pricing is twice the price, or, off-peak is half the price.\n\nPeak hours are 01:00 - 04:00 and 06:00 - 10:00 UTC (all other hours are off-peak)\n\nV4 FLASH NOW -----------------\n\nOff-peak: $0.007 (cache hit), $0.22 (miss), $0.66 (out)\n\nPeak: $0.014 (cache hit), $0.44 (miss), $1.32 (out)\n\nV4 FLASH OLD vs NEW (OFF-PEAK) -----------------\n\nCache hit: $0.0028 vs $0.007 (+250%)\n\nCache miss: $0.14 vs $0.22 (+157%)\n\nOutput: $0.28 vs $0.66 (+235%)\n\nV4 PRO -----------------\n\nOff-peak: $0.022 (cache hit), $0.66 (miss), $1.98 (out)\n\nPeak: $0.044 (cache hit), $1.32 (miss), $3.96 (out)\n\n-----------------\n\nOnce the page gets updated and lost in time, to compare, the same page from August 1, 2026: https://web.archive.org/web/20260801170952/https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing/\n\nComments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49296388](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49296388)\n\nPoints: 3\n\n# Comments: 0", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/new-deepseek-pricing-published-peak-and-off-peak", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49296388", "published_at": "2026-08-14 09:21:05+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-14 09:41:15.255011+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["DeepSeek"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/new-deepseek-pricing-published-peak-and-off-peak", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/new-deepseek-pricing-published-peak-and-off-peak.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/new-deepseek-pricing-published-peak-and-off-peak.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/new-deepseek-pricing-published-peak-and-off-peak.jsonld"}}