DeepSeek API Adopts Peak-Valley Pricing, Halving Off-Peak Rates

On August 17, DeepSeek announced a price adjustment for its DeepSeek API, officially implementing a peak-valley pricing strategy. Peak hours are from 9:00–12:00 and 14:00–18:00 Beijing Time, with all other times designated as **off-peak hours**. Prices during off-peak hours are half of those during peak hours. The specific pricing is as follows: - **DeepSeek-v4-flash model**: - Input (cache hit): RMB 0.05 per million tokens during off-peak hours, RMB 0.10 per million tokens during peak hours; - Input (cache miss): RMB 1.5 per million tokens during off-peak hours, RMB 3.0 per million tokens during peak hours; - Output: RMB 4.5 per million tokens during off-peak hours, RMB 9.0 per million tokens during peak hours. - **DeepSeek-v4-pro model**: - Input (cache hit): RMB 0.15 per million tokens during off-peak hours, RMB 0.30 per million tokens during peak hours; - Input (cache miss): RMB 4.5 per million tokens during off-peak hours, RMB 9.0 per million tokens during peak hours; - Output: RMB 13.5 per million tokens during off-peak hours, RMB 27.0 per million tokens during peak hours.