DeepSeek · Budget
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash API pricing
$0.30 / 1M input tokens · $1.20 / 1M output tokens
📊Cheaper than 19 of the other 24 models we track, pricier than 5 — rank 6 of 25 by input price.
Pricing note: Peak-hour, cache-miss rate shown. Off-peak (01:00–04:00 & 06:00–10:00 UTC, Mon–Fri) is half price; cache-hit input is far cheaper still ($0.006/1M peak).
Within the budget tier (11 models we track), the average input rate is $0.41/1M — DeepSeek V4.1 Flash runs about 27% below that average.
Output tokens cost 4.0x the input rate for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash — below the 4.6x average across all tracked models.
Provider
DeepSeek
Tier
Budget
Input /1M tokens
$0.30
Output /1M tokens
$1.20
Context window
1M tokens
Verified
September 12, 2026