Cost anatomy

DeepSeek-V4 Pro

DeepSeek · DeepSeek direct APIDirect API

Fresh input / cached input / output cost breakdown, active and scheduled rates, provenance, same-model deployment markup, and cost-comparable alternatives for this purchasable lane.

Start with a pattern

Illustrative workloads

Pick a useful starting shape, then fine-tune every input below.

Fine-tune

Workload and pricing scenario

Adjust the token shape, cache behavior, time window, and service tier. Every number below updates immediately.

Interactive

Workload cost calculator

Input tokens (M)60M

Output tokens (K)210K

Cache hit rate90%

Share of input tokens served from cache. Applied only to models with a cache meter.

Time

Service tier

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.

Rate state

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

Input / 1M

$0.66

CHF 0.531

Cached input / 1M

$0.022

CHF 0.018

Output / 1M

$1.98

CHF 1.59

Full published schedule

Off-peakChanges in 2h 20m

Peak$1.32 / $0.044 / $3.96Off-peak$0.66 / $0.022 / $1.98

Cost anatomy

Where this workload's cost goes

60M input tokens (90% cache hit) and 210K output tokens, at the resolved rate above.

$3.96

Fresh input · CHF 3.19

$1.19

Cached input · CHF 0.956

$0.416

Output · CHF 0.335

$5.56

Workload total · CHF 4.48

$3.96 + $1.19 + $0.416 = $5.56

Provenance

How much to trust these numbers

InputofficialCached inputofficialOutputofficial

First-party published cache-hit, cache-miss, and output rates after the 75% direct price cut. 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 $0.022/$0.66/$1.98, peak $0.044/$1.32/$3.96 — see the changelog for detail.

DeepSeek's own direct (non-cloud-resold) API pricing, including the published cached-input rate.

Direct vs Foundry

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 Pro	Foundry ·Data Zone	$20.90	+$15.34 (+276%)
DeepSeek-V4 Pro Fireworks-hosted	Foundry ·Data Zone	$21.26	+$15.70 (+282%)
DeepSeek-V4 Pro	Foundry ·Global	$19.00	+$13.44 (+242%)

Cost-comparable

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.

MiniMax 3
MiniMax · Fireworks-hosted
Foundry ·Data Zone
$5.82
CHF 4.69
+$0.257 (+5%) vs this lane
MiniMax M2.7
MiniMax · MiniMax direct API
Direct API
$5.29
CHF 4.26
-$0.272 (-5%) vs this lane
MiniMax M3
MiniMax · MiniMax direct API
Direct API
$5.29
CHF 4.26
-$0.272 (-5%) vs this lane
GPT-5.6 Luna Long Context
OpenAI / Azure OpenAI
Foundry ·Global
$4.94
CHF 3.98
-$0.626 (-11%) vs this lane
Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen · Model Studio (Intl)
Direct API
$6.33
CHF 5.10
+$0.766 (+14%) vs this lane