DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 pricing

API list price by DeepSeek · checked Oct 26, 2026
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$0.43 / $0.87per 1M tokens in / out
$0.004cache read · −99%

Price sheetper 1M tokens

Input$0.43list
Output$0.87
Cache read$0.004−99% vs input
Context1Mtokens
Saved AA secondary quote for this exact release; not a refreshed first-party tariff.

In DeepSeek's line-upper 1M in / out

DeepSeek OCR 2$0.03 / $0.03−94%
DeepSeek OCR$0.03 / $0.10−91%
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B$0.20 / $0.32−58%
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B$0.27 / $0.27−50%
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017$0.30 / $1.20−3%
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B$0.43 / $1.12+11%
R1 0528$0.39 / $1.63+28%
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Cheaper for the same workvs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 at high

Ling 3.1 Flash 1019-17%score +46%$1.49
Claude Haiku 5.5 max-63%score +44%$0.21
MiniMax M3.1 Flash thinking-52%score +42%$0.22
GLM 5.3 Flash maxOpen-56%score +39%$0.28
Ling 3.1 FlashOpen-17%score +36%$1.01

Pricing questions

How much does DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 cost?›

$0.43 per 1M input tokens and $0.87 per 1M output tokens. Cached input is $0.004.

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 free to use?›

There is no free API tier, but the weights are open: you can run it on your own hardware for the cost of compute.

How much does prompt caching save?›

Cache reads cost $0.004 per 1M, 99% below the input price.

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424 cheaper than DeepSeek V3.2?›

No: $0.43 / $0.87 against $0.28 / $0.40, 75% more per token.

What is a cheaper alternative to DeepSeek V4 Pro 0424?›

Ling 3.1 Flash 1019 costs -17% per task with a score +46% on .