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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash API pricing
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens on DeepSeek's standard tier, and cached input is $0.003. Checked against the official pricing page on October 12, 2026.
Input / 1M$0.15
Cached input / 1M$0.003
Output / 1M$0.60
Context window1M
Off-peak rate. Peak hours cost 2×.
What DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs for common workloads
| Workload | Monthly cost | Rank of 20 |
|---|---|---|
| Support chatbot | $24.30 | #3 |
| Document summaries | $22.80 | #3 |
| Coding assistant | $32.40 | #3 |
| RAG search | $52.50 | #3 |
Price it for your own workload
Compared against similar models from other providers.
Start from a use case
1,000 tokens is about 750 English words. Input includes your system prompt, chat history and any retrieved documents.
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