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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash pricing
API list price by DeepSeek · checked Oct 26, 2026
$0.30 / $1.20per 1M tokens in / out
$0.007cache read · −98%
$0.19per task at non-thinking?
Price sheetper 1M tokens
| Input | $0.30 | list |
| Output | $1.20 | |
| Cache read | $0.007 | −98% vs input |
| Context | 1M | tokens |
Saved AA secondary quote for this exact release; not a refreshed first-party tariff.
Cost per task by effort?
non-thinkingAPI default$0.19—
max$0.32—
per task
Same price per token at every effort; the bill grows with reasoning tokens. max costs 1.6× non-thinking.
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 | −56% |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B | $0.27 / $0.27 | −49% |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | $0.30 / $1.20 | 0% |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B | $0.43 / $1.12 | +15% |
| R1 0528 | $0.39 / $1.63 | +32% |
Cheaper for the same workvs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
| MiMo v2.6 Pro thinkingOpen | -31% | score +88% | $0.13 |
| GPT-6.1 Terra high | -31% | score +78% | $0.13 |
| GPT-6.1 Sol low | -32% | score +71% | $0.13 |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 xhigh | -36% | score +67% | $0.12 |
| GPT-6 Luna max | -65% | score +55% | $0.068 |
Pricing questions
How much does DeepSeek V4.1 Flash cost?›
$0.30 per 1M input tokens and $1.20 per 1M output tokens. Cached input is $0.007. One Intelligence Index task costs about $0.19 at the default effort.
Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 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 $0.007 per 1M, 98% below the input price.
Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash cheaper than DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731?›
No: $0.30 / $1.20 against $0.14 / $0.28, 200% more per token.
How does effort change the price?›
The price per token is the same at every effort. Higher effort spends more reasoning tokens: a task costs $0.19 at non-thinking, $0.32 at max.
What is a cheaper alternative to DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?›
MiMo v2.6 Pro at thinking effort costs -31% per task with a score +88% on .