DeepSeek-V4 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.
Off-peak — priced under the selected scenario, differs from the flat listed rate
Where this workload's cost goes
60M input tokens (90% cache hit) and 210K output tokens, at the resolved rate above.
$1.32 + $0.378 + $0.139 = $1.84
How much to trust these numbers
First-party published cache-hit, cache-miss, and output rates. Peak/off-peak billing began 2026-08-16 16:00 UTC (peak 01:00-04:00 & 06:00-10:00 UTC, Monday to Friday only): off-peak $0.007/$0.22/$0.66, peak $0.014/$0.44/$1.32 — see the changelog for detail.
DeepSeek's own direct API pricing, including the published cached-input rate.
Same-model deployment markup
How much more Microsoft Foundry charges for this exact model, over this Direct rate.
| Lane | Deployment | Workload cost | Foundry markup |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek-V4 Flash | Foundry ·Data Zone | $3.05 | +$1.22 (+66%) |
| DeepSeek-V4 Flash Fireworks-hosted | Foundry ·Data Zone | $2.59 | +$0.748 (+41%) |
| DeepSeek-V4 Flash | Foundry ·Global | $2.76 | +$0.923 (+50%) |
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.
- Qwen3.8 FlashQwen · Model Studio (Intl)Direct API$1.86CHF 1.50+$0.026 (+1%) vs this lane