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DeepSeek V4 Flash
Peak rates are shown by default. DeepSeek charges exactly half outside its published weekday UTC peak windows.
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What published route metadata supports
CachingHugging FaceReasoningStructured outputTool use
Input modalities
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Supported API parameters
frequency_penaltyinclude_reasoninglogit_biaslogprobsmax_completion_tokensmax_tokensmin_ppresence_penaltyreasoningreasoning_effortrepetition_penaltyresponse_formatseedstopstructured_outputstemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_atop_ktop_logprobstop_p
Only source-backed fields are filled
Release dateJul 31, 2026
Knowledge cutoffNot independently verified
Open weightsYes
OpenRouter catalog date2026-04-24
First-party metadata verified Aug 26, 2026. Unfilled fields remain unknown. LLMPrice does not infer release dates, knowledge cutoffs, open-weight status, or licenses from a model name, repository link, or pricing route.
Route savings
Split by token typeCheapest standard route
No single route is cheapest for bothThe lowest input and output rates come from different standard routes. Compare both before choosing a provider.
Input$0.03 / 1MOpenRouter90.0% below the next-cheapest rate
Output$1.2 / 1MDirect API6.3% below the next-cheapest rate
Based on current published standard rates. Batch, long-context, and other special billing variants are excluded from this summary.
Could this workload cost less?Compare DeepSeek V4 Flash with cheaper models using the same workload.
Find cheaper alternatives →| Endpoint / route | Model ID | Input | Cached | Output | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct APIStandard | deepseek-v4-flash | $0.3 | $0.006 | $1.2 | 1M | Official provider ↗ |
| OpenRouterStandard | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash | $0.03 | $0.03 | $1.28 | 1.05M | OpenRouter API ↗ |
Hugging Face references
Presence of a Hugging Face ID is not treated as proof that model weights are open.
42 verified price changes since Aug 26, 2026
0 route availability changes recorded. No earlier prices are inferred.
Input / 1M$0.03Aug 26, 2026 → Oct 11, 2026
Output / 1M$1.28Aug 26, 2026 → Oct 4, 2026
- Oct 11, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.0228 → $0.03 · Cached input $0.0228 → $0.03
- Oct 9, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.0099 → $0.0228 · Cached input $0.0099 → $0.0228
- Oct 9, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.0131 → $0.0099 · Cached input $0.0131 → $0.0099
- Oct 9, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.03 → $0.0131 · Cached input $0.03 → $0.0131
- Oct 7, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.0055 → $0.03 · Cached input $0.0055 → $0.03
- Oct 6, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.03 → $0.0055 · Cached input $0.03 → $0.0055