# DeepSeek V4 Pro

DeepSeek V4 Pro is a model from DeepSeek with open weights, released on 24 Apr 2026. The context window is 1,048,576 tokens. Pricing is $0.66 (Off-peak: Off-peak rates are half of the peak rates. Peak hours are 01:00 - 04:00 and 06:00 - 10:00 UTC, Monday through Friday, excluding Chinese public holidays. All other hours are off-peak, including weekends and Chinese public holidays in full.); $1.32 (Peak: Off-peak rates are half of the peak rates. Peak hours are 01:00 - 04:00 and 06:00 - 10:00 UTC, Monday through Friday, excluding Chinese public holidays. All other hours are off-peak, including weekends and Chinese public holidays in full.) per million input tokens and $1.98 (Off-peak: Off-peak rates are half of the peak rates. Peak hours are 01:00 - 04:00 and 06:00 - 10:00 UTC, Monday through Friday, excluding Chinese public holidays. All other hours are off-peak, including weekends and Chinese public holidays in full.); $3.96 (Peak: Off-peak rates are half of the peak rates. Peak hours are 01:00 - 04:00 and 06:00 - 10:00 UTC, Monday through Friday, excluding Chinese public holidays. All other hours are off-peak, including weekends and Chinese public holidays in full.) per million output tokens.

- Developer: DeepSeek
- Id: deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro
- Reported: 2026-06-10T16:18:59.000Z
- Released: 2026-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sighting: 2026-09-08T17:22:08.275Z
  - [evidence link](https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro)
- Status: Released
- Weights version: 2026-04-23
  - [evidence link](https://huggingface.co/api/models/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro/paths-info/b5968e9190ef611bbf34a7229255be88a0e937c1)
- Canonical: https://alexgetman.com/models/deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-421/

## Questions

### What is the context window of DeepSeek V4 Pro?

The context window is 1,048,576 tokens.

### How much does DeepSeek V4 Pro cost?

Pricing is $0.66 (Off-peak: Off-peak rates are half of the peak rates. Peak hours are 01:00 - 04:00 and 06:00 - 10:00 UTC, Monday through Friday, excluding Chinese public holidays. All other hours are off-peak, including weekends and Chinese public holidays in full.); $1.32 (Peak: Off-peak rates are half of the peak rates. Peak hours are 01:00 - 04:00 and 06:00 - 10:00 UTC, Monday through Friday, excluding Chinese public holidays. All other hours are off-peak, including weekends and Chinese public holidays in full.) per million input tokens and $1.98 (Off-peak: Off-peak rates are half of the peak rates. Peak hours are 01:00 - 04:00 and 06:00 - 10:00 UTC, Monday through Friday, excluding Chinese public holidays. All other hours are off-peak, including weekends and Chinese public holidays in full.); $3.96 (Peak: Off-peak rates are half of the peak rates. Peak hours are 01:00 - 04:00 and 06:00 - 10:00 UTC, Monday through Friday, excluding Chinese public holidays. All other hours are off-peak, including weekends and Chinese public holidays in full.) per million output tokens. Cached input is $0.022 (Off-peak: Off-peak rates are half of the peak rates. Peak hours are 01:00 - 04:00 and 06:00 - 10:00 UTC, Monday through Friday, excluding Chinese public holidays. All other hours are off-peak, including weekends and Chinese public holidays in full.); $0.044 (Peak: Off-peak rates are half of the peak rates. Peak hours are 01:00 - 04:00 and 06:00 - 10:00 UTC, Monday through Friday, excluding Chinese public holidays. All other hours are off-peak, including weekends and Chinese public holidays in full.) per million.

### Are the weights of DeepSeek V4 Pro publicly available?

Yes. DeepSeek publishes the weights.

### When was DeepSeek V4 Pro released?

On 24 Apr 2026.

## Timeline

- 2026-07-30T17:51:58.749Z · [Alex Getman](https://alexgetman.com/132/openai-just-slashed-gpt-5-6-prices/)
> ⚡️ OpenAI just slashed GPT 5.6 prices
> 
> Luna is now 80% cheaper, while Terra dropped 20%. The cuts also apply to subscriptions, with both models now using less of your quota.
> 
> Luna is now cheaper than DeepSeek V4 Pro on input. One million tokens cost $0.20 vs $0.435.
- 2026-11-05T17:52:07.101Z · [DeepSeek · updates](https://api-docs.deepseek.com/updates#deepseek-v4-flash-update)
> The official release of DeepSeek-V4-Pro will follow soon
- 2026-11-11T09:26:23.744Z · [DeepSeek · Research & News articles](https://www.deepseek.com/en/news/deepseek-v4-1-flash/)
> Starting at 04:00 UTC on Sept 14, 2026, all deepseek-v4-pro requests will route to V4.1-Flash at V4.1-Flash rates
- 2026-11-13T18:47:56.425Z · [GitHub search · DeepSeek · pulls · JSchmid6/wireguard-ops-cockpit · @JSchmid6](https://github.com/JSchmid6/wireguard-ops-cockpit/pull/98)
> - Der in das Release eingebaute Katalog kennt `deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro` und `opencode/big-pickle`. Ohne Netz läuft opencode genauso.
- 2026-11-13T18:47:56.425Z · [GitHub search · DeepSeek · pulls · anomalyco/models.dev · @models-dev-automation[bot]](https://github.com/anomalyco/models.dev/pull/13561)
- 2026-11-13T18:47:56.425Z · [GitHub search · DeepSeek · pulls · iv-org/invidious · @Fijxu](https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/6140)
- 2026-11-13T18:47:56.425Z · [GitHub search · DeepSeek · pulls · iv-org/invidious · @Fijxu](https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/6141)
- 2026-11-13T18:47:56.425Z · [GitHub search · DeepSeek · pulls · iv-org/invidious · @Fijxu](https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/6142)
- 2026-11-13T18:47:56.425Z · [GitHub search · DeepSeek · pulls · maximhq/bifrost · @truffle-dev](https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost/pull/4261)
> returns IDs with the inference-provider segment duplicated, e.g. `huggingface/cohere/featherless-ai/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro`. Requests against those IDs fail because `splitIntoModelProvider` parses the first segment (`cohere`) as the inference provider
- 2026-11-13T18:47:56.425Z · [GitHub search · DeepSeek · pulls · maximhq/bifrost · @neta79](https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost/pull/4376)
> - **`ui/lib/constants/config.ts`** — Model placeholder (`e.g. deepseek-chat, deepseek-v4-pro`) and key requirement entry
- 2026-11-13T18:47:56.425Z · [GitHub search · DeepSeek · pulls · maximhq/bifrost · @jimaldon](https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost/pull/7124)
- 2026-11-13T18:47:56.425Z · [GitHub search · DeepSeek · pulls · razzant/ouroboros · @login4all](https://github.com/razzant/ouroboros/pull/3075)
> - Reviewer model and effort: `deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro`, high reasoning effort
- 2026-11-13T18:47:56.425Z · [GitHub search · DeepSeek · pulls · stSoftwareAU/VibeCoder · @VibeCoderST](https://github.com/stSoftwareAU/VibeCoder/pull/5119)
> C - ->|usage limit, or no credential| D["DeepSeek deepseek-v4-pro"]
- 2026-11-13T18:48:53.232Z · [GitHub search · DeepSeek · commits · Ayasesaki7/nai-relay · @Ayasesaki7](https://github.com/Ayasesaki7/nai-relay/commit/38dd493aa68b21cd77806f60a47fdb394fd7eaf2)
- 2026-11-13T18:48:53.232Z · [GitHub search · DeepSeek · commits · FrancisCrickInstitute/Data-Prospector · @djpbarry](https://github.com/FrancisCrickInstitute/Data-Prospector/commit/bfdd1bdfad068ebf66dcbd2a8750241a004ab3dc)
- 2026-11-13T18:48:53.232Z · [GitHub search · DeepSeek · commits · duketopceo/open-computer · @duketopceo](https://github.com/duketopceo/open-computer/commit/0da9832129f7fd0239e5562e9f01a27fd1fbfa5a)
- 2026-11-13T18:48:53.232Z · [GitHub search · DeepSeek · commits · whistlegraph/aesthetic-computer · @whistlegraph](https://github.com/whistlegraph/aesthetic-computer/commit/e87fb68b1f64b979f87b0cd77202aec1cb087c6f)
- 2026-11-13T18:48:53.232Z · [GitHub search · DeepSeek · commits · yetone/magpie · @yetone](https://github.com/yetone/magpie/commit/48f97640279b0f0044b73af62bf82d552330eb00)

## Evidence links

- [editorial](https://alexgetman.com/132/openai-just-slashed-gpt-5-6-prices/)
- [Arena · leaderboards](https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news260424)
- [review](https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing/)
- [deepseek-pricing](https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing/?article_id=article_1779470751466_8)
- [DeepSeek · updates](https://api-docs.deepseek.com/updates#deepseek-v4-flash-update)
- [review](https://api-docs.deepseek.com/updates/)
- [deepseek-api](https://api.deepseek.com/models)
- [Arena](https://arena.ai)
- [GitHub search · DeepSeek · commits · Ayasesaki7/nai-relay · @Ayasesaki7](https://github.com/Ayasesaki7/nai-relay/commit/38dd493aa68b21cd77806f60a47fdb394fd7eaf2)
- [GitHub search · DeepSeek · commits · FrancisCrickInstitute/Data-Prospector · @djpbarry](https://github.com/FrancisCrickInstitute/Data-Prospector/commit/bfdd1bdfad068ebf66dcbd2a8750241a004ab3dc)
- [GitHub search · DeepSeek · pulls · JSchmid6/wireguard-ops-cockpit · @JSchmid6](https://github.com/JSchmid6/wireguard-ops-cockpit/pull/98)
- [GitHub search · DeepSeek · pulls · anomalyco/models.dev · @models-dev-automation[bot]](https://github.com/anomalyco/models.dev/pull/13561)
- [GitHub search · DeepSeek · commits · duketopceo/open-computer · @duketopceo](https://github.com/duketopceo/open-computer/commit/0da9832129f7fd0239e5562e9f01a27fd1fbfa5a)
- [GitHub search · DeepSeek · pulls · iv-org/invidious · @Fijxu](https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/6140)
- [GitHub search · DeepSeek · pulls · iv-org/invidious · @Fijxu](https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/6141)
- [GitHub search · DeepSeek · pulls · iv-org/invidious · @Fijxu](https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/6142)
- [GitHub search · DeepSeek · pulls · maximhq/bifrost · @truffle-dev](https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost/pull/4261)
- [GitHub search · DeepSeek · pulls · maximhq/bifrost · @neta79](https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost/pull/4376)
- [GitHub search · DeepSeek · pulls · maximhq/bifrost · @jimaldon](https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost/pull/7124)
- [GitHub search · DeepSeek · pulls · razzant/ouroboros · @login4all](https://github.com/razzant/ouroboros/pull/3075)
- [GitHub search · DeepSeek · pulls · stSoftwareAU/VibeCoder · @VibeCoderST](https://github.com/stSoftwareAU/VibeCoder/pull/5119)
- [GitHub search · DeepSeek · commits · whistlegraph/aesthetic-computer · @whistlegraph](https://github.com/whistlegraph/aesthetic-computer/commit/e87fb68b1f64b979f87b0cd77202aec1cb087c6f)
- [GitHub search · DeepSeek · commits · yetone/magpie · @yetone](https://github.com/yetone/magpie/commit/48f97640279b0f0044b73af62bf82d552330eb00)
- [hf-author-artifacts:deepseek-ai](https://huggingface.co/api/models/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro/paths-info/b5968e9190ef611bbf34a7229255be88a0e937c1)
- [huggingface-router](https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro)
- [models.dev · catalogue](https://models.dev/#DeepSeek-V4-Pro)
- [models.dev · catalogue](https://models.dev/#deepseek-v4-pro)
- [models.dev · catalogue](https://models.dev/#deepseek-v4-pro:free)
- [OpenCode · discovery](https://opencode.ai/data/deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro)
- [opencode-go](https://opencode.ai/inference/go/v1/models)
- [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models)
- [openrouter](https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro)
- [Vercel AI Gateway](https://vercel.com/ai-gateway)
- [VoxelBench · leaderboard](https://voxelbench.ai/leaderboard)
- [deepseek-articles](https://www.deepseek.com/en/news/deepseek-v4-1-flash/)

## Signals

- [DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423](https://alexgetman.com/signals/2026/09/18/deepseek-v4-pro-0423/)
- [DeepSeek V4 Pro spotted on OpenRouter](https://alexgetman.com/signals/2026/09/08/deepseek-v4-pro/)