DeepSeek-V4.1 Flash
Fresh input / cached input / output cost breakdown, active and scheduled rates, provenance, same-model deployment markup, and cost-comparable alternatives for this purchasable lane.
Illustrative workloads
Pick a useful starting shape, then fine-tune every input below.
Workload and pricing scenario
Adjust the token shape, cache behavior, time window, and service tier. Every number below updates immediately.
Workload cost calculator
Share of input tokens served from cache. Applied only to models with a cache meter.
Rows with a rate that changes by time of day, promo window or service tier are priced for this scenario instead of their flat listed rate; a brand-colored label under the model name names which one applies. Context size for band-priced rows uses the input-token count below.
Picking a specific hour also previews time-of-day rates that are scheduled but have not started billing yet; those rows are labelled · preview with their start instant. Now only ever shows rates that are billable at this moment.
What this lane charges right now
Priced under the workload and scenario above. The full published schedule below always shows every variant regardless of which scenario is selected.
Where this workload's cost goes
60M input tokens (90% cache hit) and 210K output tokens, at the resolved rate above.
$1.80 + $0.324 + $0.252 = $2.38
How much to trust these numbers
Microsoft Foundry Direct from Azure public preview, billed through the Azure subscription. The flat Global Standard price is separate from the DeepSeek API's time-based variants. Azure's retail feed also emits Data Zone meters, but Microsoft's launch table documents Global Standard only, so no Data Zone lane is inferred.
Microsoft Foundry Blog (techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/deepseek-v4-1-flash-is-coming-to-microsoft-foundry/4556431) lists Direct from Azure Global Standard at $0.30/M input, $0.006/M cache, and $1.20/M output. Azure Retail Prices API, serviceName 'Foundry Models', productName 'Azure Deepseek Models', captured 2026-10-09, now shows matching Global meters effective 2026-10-01. It also emits Data Zone meters, but Microsoft's launch table documents Global Standard only; those Data Zone rows are not modeled until Microsoft confirms deployment support. The Azure price has no peak/off-peak schedule, unlike DeepSeek's Direct API.
Same-model deployment markup
How much this Foundry lane costs over the same model's Direct API rate.
| Lane | Deployment | Workload cost | Foundry markup |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek-V4.1 Flash DeepSeek direct API | Direct API | $1.19 | +$1.19 (+100%) |
Other lanes within ±25% of this workload's cost
Same provider first, then ranked by cost proximity, for 60M in / 210K out. This is a cost ranking only — never a quality recommendation.
- DeepSeek-V4 FlashDeepSeek · Fireworks-hostedSame providerFoundry ·Data Zone$2.59CHF 2.08+$0.209 (+9%) vs this lane
- DeepSeek-V4 FlashDeepSeekSame providerFoundry ·Global$2.76CHF 2.22+$0.383 (+16%) vs this lane
- GPT-6 Luna Long ContextOpenAI / Azure OpenAI · OpenAI direct APIDirect API$2.44CHF 1.96+$0.062 (+3%) vs this lane
- GPT-6 Luna Long ContextOpenAI / Azure OpenAIFoundry ·Global$2.44CHF 1.96+$0.062 (+3%) vs this lane
- MAI-Code-1.1-FlashMicrosoft AIFoundry ·Global$2.53CHF 2.04+$0.156 (+7%) vs this lane
- GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI / Azure OpenAIFoundry ·Global$2.53CHF 2.04+$0.156 (+7%) vs this lane