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Mattias chaw
Mattias chaw

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DeepSeek API Pricing 2026: Complete Cost Breakdown & Comparison

Complete DeepSeek API pricing breakdown for 2026. All models compared with real cost examples.

Current Prices

Model Input (1M tokens) Output (1M tokens)
DeepSeek V4 Pro $0.14 $0.28
DeepSeek V4 Flash $0.07 $0.14
DeepSeek R1 $0.55 $1.10
DeepSeek V3 $0.27 $1.10
GPT-4o $2.50 $10.00

Real Cost Examples

Customer support chatbot (50K convos/month):

  • DeepSeek V4 Flash: $3.15/month
  • GPT-4o: $162.50/month
  • Savings: 98%

Code generation agent (10K requests/month):

  • DeepSeek V4 Pro: $5.60/month
  • GPT-4o: $150.00/month
  • Savings: 96%

$5 free credit gets you 71M tokens with V4 Flash. Full article with detailed calculations: https://aiwave.live/blog/deepseek-api-pricing-2026

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