88Z AI, 25 May — DeepSeek has announced a permanent price reduction for the DeepSeek-V4-Pro model API. After the limited-time offer ends on May 31, the new rate will be fixed at one-quarter of the original price, significantly lowering long-term costs for developers.
At a glance
- DeepSeek-V4-Pro API prices will be permanently set to one-quarter of the original rate after May 31
- Under the new rates, cache-hit inputs cost only 0.025 yuan per million tokens
The update
DeepSeek has officially announced a permanent price reduction strategy for the DeepSeek-V4-Pro model API. Once the current 75% discount offer concludes on May 31, the billing standard will be adjusted to one-quarter of the original pricing, effectively making the previous limited-time discount rate the new normal. The updated rates are set as follows: 0.025 yuan per million tokens for cache-hit inputs, 3 yuan per million tokens for cache-miss inputs, and 6 yuan per million tokens for outputs. This move aims to significantly lower the entry barrier and operational costs for developers, making high-performance model services more affordable.
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