The DeepSeek API enables peak-valley pricing, with prices during peak hours approximately double those during off-peak hours.
The DeepSeek API has adopted peak-valley pricing: peak hours are 09:00-12:00 and 14:00-18:00 Beijing time, and the peak price for the same model is approximately twice the off-peak price.
DeepSeek's official pricing page now uses peak-valley pricing. Peak hours are 09:00-12:00 and 14:00-18:00 Beijing time; off-peak hours are charged at off-peak rates.
Taking V4 Flash as an example, the input price for a cache miss is 1.5 yuan per million tokens at its lowest point and 3 yuan at its highest point; the output price is 4.5 yuan at its lowest point and 9 yuan at its highest point. For V4 Pro, the input price for a cache miss is 4.5 yuan at its lowest point and 9 yuan at its highest point, while the output price is 13.5 yuan at its lowest point and 27 yuan at its highest point.
Influence:Products that continuously call the DeepSeek API need to reassess task scheduling time, cache hit rate, and unit request cost. Batch processing tasks that can be executed off-peak will gain a more significant cost advantage.
refer to:DeepSeek official pricing page。