DeepSeek V4 Pricing Is Now Peak/Off-Peak — and Peak Can Be 10x the Old Flat Rate

DeepSeek's new peak/off-peak pricing, live since August 16, replaces the flat V4 rates — peak can be up to 10x the old promotional price; off-peak is half of peak.

The August 14 post here flagged that DeepSeek had announced a price increase with no details. The numbers are now live:

Model	Old flat	Off-peak	Peak
deepseek-v4-flash	$0.14 / $0.28	$0.22 / $0.66	$0.44 / $1.32
deepseek-v4-pro	$0.435 / $0.87	$0.66 / $1.98	$1.32 / $3.96

Per 1M input / output tokens.

Peak hours run 01:00–04:00 UTC and 06:00–10:00 UTC daily. Everything else is off-peak.

Why it matters: If your pipeline is schedulable or batched, routing calls outside peak hours halves the cost. Budget projections built before August 16 need revision — V4 Flash at peak is now 3x the old rate, V4 Pro is 3x–4x.

Sources: DeepSeek API Pricing · qz.com