DeepSeek API pricing and rate limits
Models and cost at your volume
deepseek-flash (off-peak): $0.27 / mo base $0 + Input tokens overage $0.15 + Output tokens overage $0.12
Uses the shared Overage cost function. Example volumes you can edit, not vendor data. Cached, batch and cache-write prices are listed below but not added to this total.
| deepseek-flash (off-peak) | 1M | $0.15| 1M INPUT TOKENS (CACHE MISS) | OFF-PEAK | $0.15 | $0.66 |source | $0.60| 1M OUTPUT TOKENS | OFF-PEAK | $0.6 | $1.98 |source | $0.003| PRICING(2) | 1M INPUT TOKENS (CACHE HIT) | OFF-PEAK | $0.003 | $0.022 |source | unlisted | unlisted | unlisted | $0.27 |
| deepseek-flash (peak) | 1M | $0.30| PEAK | $0.3 | $1.32 |source | $1.20| PEAK | $1.2 | $3.96 |source | $0.006| PEAK | $0.006 | $0.044 |source | unlisted | unlisted | unlisted | $0.54 |
| deepseek-v4-pro (off-peak) | 1M | $0.66| 1M INPUT TOKENS (CACHE MISS) | OFF-PEAK | $0.15 | $0.66 |source | $1.98| 1M OUTPUT TOKENS | OFF-PEAK | $0.6 | $1.98 |source | $0.022| PRICING(2) | 1M INPUT TOKENS (CACHE HIT) | OFF-PEAK | $0.003 | $0.022 |source | unlisted | unlisted | unlisted | $1.056 |
| deepseek-v4-pro (peak) | 1M | $1.32| PEAK | $0.3 | $1.32 |source | $3.96| PEAK | $1.2 | $3.96 |source | $0.044| PEAK | $0.006 | $0.044 |source | unlisted | unlisted | unlisted | $2.112 |
USD per 1M tokens. "+" marks a model whose price changes with volume; the standard band is shown. Context in tokens (4 models).
Prices in USD, per the vendor's billing period. Hover or focus a number for the line it came from, with a link to the stored snapshot. "unlisted" means the vendor does not publish it; we never fill the gap.
Rate limits
No rate limits recorded for this service: unlisted.
Change timeline
No changes recorded.
Tracking began 2026-10-24; no change has been detected since.
Sources
| URL | Kind | Last captured | Snapshot |
|---|---|---|---|
| api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing | pricing | 2026-10-24 | snap_deepseek-pricing-0_20261023T173942Z |
| api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/rate_limit | limits | 2026-10-24 | snap_deepseek-limits-0_20261023T173945Z |
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