DeepSeek V4 Pro API price hike: cached input up 12x, output 4.5x

Alex Getman @alexgetmancom · 13 Aug 2026, 12:08 UTC · Updated 31 Oct 2026, 20:59 UTC

🚨 DeepSeek is not cheap anymore

V4 Pro comes with a brutal API price hike. During peak hours cached input jumps 12x, while output gets 4.5x more expensive. The dirt cheap DeepSeek era is over.

DeepSeek pricing table in English showing old and new prices for Flash and Pro models, including cached and uncached input, output, with highlighted 6x and 12x increases for Pro during peak hours.

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