Live data from Hacker News

DeepSeek API Pricing Update

api-docs.deepseek.com

61–70 of 201 posts

Re: DeepSeek API Pricing Update

#61
Full table with multipliers from previous prices:

DeepSeek-V4-Flash (off-peak, x2 for peak)

* Cache Hit $0.007 (x2.5)

* Cache Miss $0.22 (x1.5)

* Output $0.66 (x2.25)

DeepSeek-V4-Pro (off-peak, x2 for peak)

* Cache Hit $0.022 (x6)

* Cache Miss $0.66 (x1.5)

* Output $1.98 (x2.25)

Peak Hours: 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC

Effective from: 16:00, August 16, 2026 (UTC)

Re: DeepSeek API Pricing Update

#62
post #59

There is no relative/percentage increases noted (understandably). Just because i'm lazy: roughly how much more expensive is it to work with v4 flash and v4 pro through the API, compared to before the price increases? Is it 2x, 5x, 10x higher?

About 2x-2.5x off-peak for Flash, 2x-4x I'd say for Pro (x6 on cache in, the biggest increase throughout the board). And twice as much in peak hours.

[deleted]

Re: DeepSeek API Pricing Update

#63

There is no relative/percentage increases noted (understandably). Just because i'm lazy: roughly how much more expensive is it to work with v4 flash and v4 pro through the API, compared to before the price increases? Is it 2x, 5x, 10x higher?

# Flash, off-peak

    cache-hit 2.5x
    cache-miss 1.57x
    out 2.36x
# Flash, peak

    cache-hit 5x
    cache-miss 3.14x
    out 4.71x
Edit: fixed the numbers and formatting

Re: DeepSeek API Pricing Update

#64
post #61

Full table with multipliers from previous prices: DeepSeek-V4-Flash (off-peak, x2 for peak) * Cache Hit $0.007 (x2.5) * Cache Miss $0.22 (x1.5) * Output $0.66 (x2.25) DeepSeek-V4-Pro (off-peak, x2 for peak) * Cache Hit $0.022 (x6) * Cache Miss $0.66 (x1.5) * Output $1.98 (x2.25) Peak Hours: 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC Effective from: 16:00, August 16, 2026 (UTC)

I wonder whether all the DeepSeek providers will follow suit or are they going to try to stay competitive with the old prices?

Re: DeepSeek API Pricing Update

#65
post #60
post #57

Interesting to see that peak hours are work hours in China, night in the US and Europe, and also morning in Europe. So Deepseek's customers are mostly domestic.

Not that surprised about it. Personally I've seen companies really just go all-in on a single provider, and that has usually been Anthropic. I don't think we're allowed to run Chinese models even locally.

Also 6-9pm Pacific I think is (coincidentally) peak so it hits the ‘after work hobbyists’ still, which is I suspect is their current main audience.

Re: DeepSeek API Pricing Update

#67

There is no relative/percentage increases noted (understandably). Just because i'm lazy: roughly how much more expensive is it to work with v4 flash and v4 pro through the API, compared to before the price increases? Is it 2x, 5x, 10x higher?

Someone made a comparison yesterday, including relative increases, and GPT-5.6 Luna, then later someone also added more OpenAI, Anthropic, K3 and GLM 5.2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286679

Already outdated though I think, as GLM 5.3 is latest now :)

Re: DeepSeek API Pricing Update

#68

I wonder if this is enough to push people back onto Luna with their comparative price drop

After the big onshore migrations (startup people migrating to the SV),

The big Covid migrations (startup prople migrating to the countryside),

Will we see the big AI migrations (people travelling to where AI is the cheapest)?

Re: DeepSeek API Pricing Update

#70
This is somewhat funny when you realise the data centres are now going to start a process that looks very so slightly like daydreaming. Depending on the time of day they're going to be thinking about different things in a cyclic manner. They're going to be doing things like finishing a hard days work then kicking back to think about tricky math problems.
Post reply on HN