DeepSeek API Pricing 2026 — Complete cost breakdown with real examples

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Updated DeepSeek API pricing guide for 2026 is now available!

Cost highlights:

• DeepSeek V4 Flash: $0.07/M input tokens
• DeepSeek V4 Pro: $0.14/M input tokens
• DeepSeek R1: $0.55/M input tokens

Real example: A customer support chatbot handling 50K conversations/month costs just $3.15/month with V4 Flash — compared to $162.50 with GPT-4o (98% savings).

Full article: https://aiwave.live/blog/deepseek-api-pricing-2026