cheapopen-weightsReleased 2026-04

DeepSeek V4 Flash

By DeepSeek · Cheapest capable workhorse, huge volume.

Input / 1M

$0.14

Output / 1M

$0.28

Context

1.0M tokens

Max output

384K tokens

DeepSeek V4 Flash pricing

DeepSeek V4 Flash costs $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens at standard API rates, with cached input at $0.003/M. That makes it cheaper than 24 of 25 other tracked models on input.

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Specs

Maker: DeepSeek
Category: cheap
Released: 2026-04
Modalities: text
Open weights: Yes (MIT)
Context window: 1.0M tokens
Max output: 384K tokens

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Compare DeepSeek V4 Flash with

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Google · $0.25/$1.50 per 1M

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OpenAI · $5.00/$30.00 per 1M

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OpenAI · $2.50/$15.00 per 1M

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Data verified 2026-06-20. Prices are standard USD API rates per 1M tokens.