Did DeepSeek v4 suddenly become more expensive?

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Post by thatwasunusual » Sat, May 30, 2026, 4:22 AM UTC

Did DeepSeek v4 suddenly become more expensive?
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Re: Did DeepSeek v4 suddenly become more expensive?

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Post by thatwasunusual » Sat, May 30, 2026, 4:22 AM UTC

I've been doing the same-ish workload the past week (the graph shows the whole month), and it's been consistently on $10 USD/day.

Yesterday, however, spiked at $50 USD, and after just 2 hours of "activity" today, it's already at $10 USD.

What's going on?

Re: Did DeepSeek v4 suddenly become more expensive?

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Post by twotwotwo » Sat, May 30, 2026, 4:42 AM UTC

thatwasunusual wrote: post #2

I've been doing the same-ish workload the past week (the graph shows the whole month), and it's been consistently on $10 USD/day. Yesterday, however, spiked at $50 USD, and after just 2 hours of "activity" today, it's already at $10 USD. What's going on?

Whatever is the darker shade of blue in the bottom-right graph had a bump at the same time cost did. Perhaps that's output tokens (which include reasoning)?

Re: Did DeepSeek v4 suddenly become more expensive?

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Post by rurban » Sat, May 30, 2026, 7:58 AM UTC

thatwasunusual wrote: post #2

I've been doing the same-ish workload the past week (the graph shows the whole month), and it's been consistently on $10 USD/day. Yesterday, however, spiked at $50 USD, and after just 2 hours of "activity" today, it's already at $10 USD. What's going on?

Using it daily for about 100%, and my monthly costs are about $40. 50/day is extraordinary, must be a billing glitch.

Re: Did DeepSeek v4 suddenly become more expensive?

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Post by zftnb666 » Tue, Jun 02, 2026, 1:03 PM UTC

thatwasunusual wrote: post #2

I've been doing the same-ish workload the past week (the graph shows the whole month), and it's been consistently on $10 USD/day. Yesterday, however, spiked at $50 USD, and after just 2 hours of "activity" today, it's already at $10 USD. What's going on?

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