Full table with multipliers from previous prices:
DeepSeek-V4-Flash (off-peak, x2 for peak)
* Cache Hit $0.007 (x2.5)
* Cache Miss $0.22 (x1.5)
* Output $0.66 (x2.25)
DeepSeek-V4-Pro (off-peak, x2 for peak)
* Cache Hit $0.022 (x6)
* Cache Miss $0.66 (x1.5)
* Output $1.98 (x2.25)
Peak Hours: 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC
Effective from: 16:00, August 16, 2026 (UTC)
I wonder whether all the DeepSeek providers will follow suit or are they going to try to stay competitive with the old prices?
DeepSeek’s cache pricing was always 1/10th the competition.
It’s still cheaper than everybody else.
I didn't get the impression that anyone competed with the old prices before.
What do you mean? Most providers on OpenRouter offer the same or lower prices than DeepSeek themselves:
https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash#providers
- lower prices on cache miss
- but what matter - is cache hit
even now deepseek's off-peak hours for cache hit (0.007) is lower than other providers (~0.01)
Yeah, None of them offers the same cache hit prices and my cache hits are >95%.