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DeepSeek V4 Flash vs GPT-4o: Cost Comparison 2026

DeepSeek V4 Flash costs just $0.16 per million input tokens compared to GPT-4o at $2.50 - that is about 15x cheaper.

Price Comparison

Model Input ($/1M) Output ($/1M)
DeepSeek V4 Flash $0.16 $0.32
DeepSeek R1 $0.63 $2.52
GPT-4o $2.50 $10.00

Real-World Example

A chat application doing 1M conversations per month (500 input + 100 output tokens each = 600M tokens total):

DeepSeek V4 Flash: $96 input + $192 output = $288/month
GPT-4o: $1,500 input + $6,000 output = $7,500/month

Savings: 96% cheaper

Try It Free

You can access DeepSeek V4 Flash through DeepRoute API - free trial available, no credit card needed.

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