DeepSeek API pricing in 2026

Low-cost API for DeepSeek's V4 language models with context caching. How DeepSeek API charges, its plans and the alternatives.

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Plans

How DeepSeek API prices

DeepSeek API is usage-based: you pay per transaction, message or unit used rather than a fixed subscription, so there's no plan price to show. Surba tracks what you actually pay each month.

Per 1M tokens at peak: deepseek-flash (V4.1-Flash) $0.30 in (cache miss) / $0.006 cache hit / $1.20 out; deepseek-v4-pro $1.32 / $0.044 / $3.96. Off-peak rates are 50% of peak.

Checked on DeepSeek API's site on 26 Oct 2026.

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How does DeepSeek API charge?

DeepSeek API is usage-based: you pay for what you use (transactions, messages, compute and so on) rather than a fixed subscription, so the bill depends on volume. Per 1M tokens at peak: deepseek-flash (V4.1-Flash) $0.30 in (cache miss) / $0.006 cache hit / $1.20 out; deepseek-v4-pro $1.32 / $0.044 / $3.96. Off-peak rates are 50% of peak.

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