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DeepSeek's AI Models Are About To Cost Four Times More
Engadget • • business
Key Points:
- DeepSeek is significantly increasing its AI service prices with the launch of its DeepSeek V4 Pro model, raising API costs by more than four times during peak hours.
- Starting August 16, the V4 Pro model will cost $3.96 per million output tokens at peak times, up from $0.87, with off-peak pricing at $1.98.
- The V4 Flash model will also see a price increase to $1.32 per million output tokens at peak hours, up from $0.28, and $0.66 off-peak.
- The company is introducing a new peak and off-peak pricing structure to better allocate resources amid rising costs.
- Although the previous discounted pricing was initially promoted to end on May 31, DeepSeek had announced plans to keep it permanent but ultimately reversed course to implement the hikes.
