DeepSeek pricing & limits changelog

Product: DeepSeek API

Current prices and limits

Plan / model / limit	Monthly price	Input $/1M tokens	Output $/1M tokens	Limit	Last verified	History
DeepSeek API, cache-miss input (peak; first listed model) off-peak $0.15 / $0.60; the page lists two model columns; this is the first	n/a^†	$0.30	$1.20	n/a^†	2026-10-22	history

† n/a: not stated by the source, not applicable to this row, or the page could not be fetched; the reason is shown on the row where one applies.

Values copied verbatim from official pages (display rounded to 2 decimals; sub-cent prices as stated). Sources: api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing/. Compare model prices across providers.

2 changes tracked since 2026-05-21; latest 2026-06-02.

Date	Change	Source	Status
between 2026-05-21 and 2026-06-02 Backfilled	deepseek-v4-pro 75%-off promotional prices became the listed standard prices.Old: Cache hit $0.003625 / miss $0.435 / output $0.87 per 1M shown as 75% off list $0.0145 / $1.74 / $3.48New: $0.003625 / $0.435 / $0.87 per 1M as standard price (no discount label)	source · current price	verified

Date	Change	Source	Status
between 2026-05-14 and 2026-05-21 Backfilled	Pricing page added a per-model concurrency limit row.Old: No concurrency limit listedNew: Concurrency limit 2500 (deepseek-v4-flash) and 500 (deepseek-v4-pro), per column order	source · current price	verified

2026-06-02: deepseek-v4-pro 75%-off promotional prices became the listed standard prices. Source: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing (entry).

2026-05-21: Pricing page added a per-model concurrency limit row. Source: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing (entry).

pricing: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing (monitored, last checked 2026-10-23)
rate_limits: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/rate_limit (monitored, last checked 2026-10-23)
changelog: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/updates (monitored, last checked 2026-10-23)