API PRICES
DeepSeek · deepseek-v4-flash
Provider prices, cheapest first
Price comparison
- Official (cash)
- Input 0.3 / output 1.2 USD/million tokensDeepSeek ·
- Lowest inference provider (cash)
- Input 0.09 / output 0.18 USD/million tokensDeepInfra · Input 70% lower than official · output 85% lower than official ·
- Lowest relay (credit)
- Older reference: 2.25 USD credit/million total tokensapi.hrthtrg.ccwu.cc "default" ·
Official and inference-provider prices are cash; relay prices are site credit (USD credit or CNY credit), a different unit, compared separately. Relay prices are per million total tokens at 75% input and 25% output.
DeepSeek · deepseek-v4-flash official price: input 0.3, output 1.2 USD per million tokens (DeepSeek, observed 2026-10-17). Cheapest inference provider: DeepInfra, input 0.09, output 0.18 USD per million tokens. Relays have only older quotes; the lowest is api.hrthtrg.ccwu.cc, group "default" 2.25 USD_CREDIT per million total tokens (credit price, not cash, observed 2026-10-03). 221 sites have comparable prices; 527 sites list this model.Relay blended price uses 75% input and 25% output.
Price ranges per million tokens
Official cash prices · Lowest 0.525 · median 0.525 · highest 0.525 · 1 quotes USD / per million tokens
Official cash prices · Lowest 3.5 · median 3.5 · highest 3.5 · 1 quotes CNY / per million tokens
Inference provider cash prices · Lowest 0.1125 · median 0.11313 · highest 0.11375 · 2 quotes USD / per million tokens
Official price
| Provider | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.006 | — | USD / 1M tokens | Official source | |
| DeepSeek | 2 | 8 | 0.04 | — | CNY / 1M tokens | Official source |
Official prices are the vendor's cash prices. Inference providers also list cash prices and can be compared directly. Relays list prices in site credit; what you actually pay depends on each site's top-up rate, so they cannot be compared with official prices directly.
Inference providers
| Provider | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source | vs official |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepInfra | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.018 | — | USD / 1M tokens | Official source | Input 70% lower · Output 85% lower | |
| OpenRouter · Aggregator | 0.091 | 0.182 | 0.0182 | — | USD / 1M tokens | Official source | Input 70% lower · Output 85% lower |
Inference provider prices at least 10% above official (1)
Inference providers
| Provider | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source | vs official |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SiliconFlow | 3 | 9 | 0.3 | — | CNY / 1M tokens | Official source | Input 50% higher · Output 13% higher |
Unit: USD credits per 1M tokens. These are site-credit prices; actual cost depends on each site’s top-up rate.
Price range: lowest — · median — · highest — (0 quotes, USD credits per million total tokens)
Relays
Prices below are in site credit, not cash.
| # | Provider | Plan / conditions | Input ↑USD credits / 1M | Output USD credits / 1M | Cache readUSD credits / 1M | BlendedUSD credits / 1M | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Older price | |||||||
| 01 | api.hrthtrg.ccwu.ccAsk or discussCollected: Carried previous price Not updated this time; showing the previous price View 1 plans | default Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 1.5 | 4.5 | 0.03 | 2.25 | Full prices and sources |
Special groups · 7 rows · not ranked
These plans are marked as test, internal, disabled, gated by top-up or membership, or have a near-zero ratio. They may not be purchasable or stable, so they are listed separately and left out of the ranking and statistics.
- Free declaration, listed separately: 4 rows
- zero-ratio group: 4 rows
- test or debug group: 2 rows
- near-zero-ratio group: 1 rows
- ai.38yun.cn · Professional free model channel [machine translation]Group on site: 专业免费模型通道 · deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4-flash · Input 0 / Output 0 USD credits / 1M
- api.wapq.cn · Perk [machine translation]Group on site: 福利 · deepseek-v4-flash · Input 0 / Output 0 USD credits / 1M
- omnigate.cc · deepseek-v4-flash free channel, hammer it [machine translation]Group on site: deepseek-v4-flash免费渠道，请猛攻 · deepseek-v4-flash · Input 0 / Output 0 USD credits / 1M
- wqdsjhaoai.site · amd free models [machine translation]Group on site: amd免费模型 · DeepSeek-V4-Flash · Input 0 / Output 0 USD credits / 1M
- 222650156.xyz · Perk free [machine translation]Group on site: 福利free · free/deepseek-v4-flash · Input 0.0001 / Output 0.0002 USD credits / 1M
- realmrouter.cn · Chinese models - test [machine translation]Group on site: 国模-test · deepseek-v4-flash · Input 0.112 / Output 0.224 USD credits / 1M
- test-api.apiqik.online · default · deepseek-v4-flash · Input 0.14286 / Output 0.28572 USD credits / 1M
Related variants · 8 rows · not ranked
These are special editions of the model (thinking, max, search, batch, long context, free, etc.). They are priced differently from the base model, so they are listed separately and not ranked. Names that only add an effort level such as low, high or nothinking are compared with the base model.
- deepseek-v4-flash-max (-max · max edition): 3 rows
- deepseek-v4-flash-thinking (-thinking · thinking edition): 2 rows
- deepseek-v4-flash-free (-free · free variant): 1 rows
- deepseek-v4-flash:free (:free · free variant): 1 rows
- zen/deepseek-v4-flash-free (-free · free variant): 1 rows
- ai.bytonsec.com · zen · zen/deepseek-v4-flash-free · Input 0 / Output 0 USD credits / 1M
- ai.bytonsec.com · zen · deepseek-v4-flash-free · Input 0 / Output 0 USD credits / 1M
- xckjj.com · Chinese models [machine translation]Group on site: 国模 · deepseek-v4-flash:free · Input 0.0112 / Output 0.0224 USD credits / 1M
- api.pezayo.com · default · deepseek-v4-flash-thinking · Input 0.143 / Output 0.286 USD credits / 1M
- api.pezayo.com · official · deepseek-v4-flash-thinking · Input 0.143 / Output 0.286 USD credits / 1M
- yinli.one · deepseek · deepseek-v4-flash-max · Input 1 / Output 2 USD credits / 1M
- apinexus.dpdns.org · default · deepseek-v4-flash-max · Input 60 / Output 180 USD credits / 1M
- apinexus.dpdns.org · vip · deepseek-v4-flash-max · Input 90 / Output 270 USD credits / 1M
How this ranking works
All per-token prices: 97,455 prices from 871 sites (about 765 companies). 89,631 are ranked, from 861 sites (about 755 companies); 7,824 more are listed separately and not ranked. Prices collected up to 2026-10-17.
This model has 1052 recorded prices; 375 can be compared directly (354 ranked, 21 listed separately). Not comparable yet: tiered by rules (see Tiered prices) 291, price not parsed yet 244, billed per request or another unit 59, display unit not confirmed 36, ratio looks unset 26, scope of the official doc price not confirmed 8
0 recent · 1 stale (older than 10 days, or not updated by this refresh) · 0 unverified timestamps. Only older prices are available, so the statistics are for reference only. 0 zero-valued pairs are separately unverified, without proof of free eligibility. Timing does not verify payment, upstream identity or quality.
Prices are converted to site credits using each site’s published ratio. What you actually pay depends on its top-up rate. Input, output and cache prices in each row come from the same plan. Several sites run by the same company take one place in the ranking: its cheapest plan, with the other sites listed under it. We judge “same company” by identical prices, status pages or homepage code; this is not a legal finding. To see every site’s prices, choose “All plans” or filter by provider.
“Self-declared unofficial channel” means the plan name itself says “reverse-engineered” or similar. We have not verified their source or quality. Minimum and median only count regular plans.
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FAQ
Which API is cheapest for DeepSeek · deepseek-v4-flash?
No valid quotes within 10 days. Older quotes are listed as reference prices.
What is the official price for DeepSeek · deepseek-v4-flash?
Input 0.3, output 1.2 USD per million tokens, checked 2026-10-17. Lowest inference provider: DeepInfra, input 0.09, output 0.18 USD per million tokens. Input 70% lower than official.
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