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title: "DeepSeek API pricing for agents · DotsAgent"
description: "DeepSeek models for building AI agents: input, cached and output prices per million tokens, context windows, documented agent features and recent API changes."
url: https://dotsagent.io/providers/deepseek
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# DeepSeek API models and prices

DeepSeek's API speaks both the OpenAI and Anthropic formats and charges half price outside weekday peak hours. It planned to retire V4-Pro in September, then kept it after users objected.

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| [DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813](https://dotsagent.io/models/deepseek-v4-pro-0813)deepseek-v4-pro | $1.32 | $0.044 | $3.96 | 1M | 2026-08-13 |
| [DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash](https://dotsagent.io/models/deepseek-v4-1-flash)deepseek-flash | $0.30 | $0.006 | $1.20 | 1M | 2026-09-10 |

US dollars per million tokens, standard tier, short-prompt rate · * long prompts cost more

[Official price page ↗](https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing)[Compare in the calculator](https://dotsagent.io/cost)

## Recent changes

- Sep 10, 2026Model[DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash released with price cut](https://dotsagent.io/changelog#2026-09-10-deepseek-v4-1-flash-released-with-price-cut)
- Aug 13, 2026Model[DeepSeek-V4-Pro GA, Responses API support, peak/off-peak pricing](https://dotsagent.io/changelog#2026-08-13-deepseek-v4-pro-ga-responses-api-support-peak-off-peak-pricing)
- Jul 24, 2026Retirement[deepseek-chat / deepseek-reasoner names discontinued](https://dotsagent.io/changelog#2026-07-24-deepseek-chat-deepseek-reasoner-names-discontinued)

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