DeepSeek Flash API pricing
DeepSeek Flash costs $0.3 per million input tokens and $1.2 per million output tokens. A typical chatbot request (about 1,500 input + 400 output tokens) costs $0.00095, or $0.95 per 1,000 requests.
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| Model | Per month |
|---|---|
| DeepSeek Flash |
≈ = estimated token count: only OpenAI publishes its tokenizer. Claude counts use Anthropic’s published ratios; use the count_tokens API for an exact number.
DeepSeek Flash price per million tokens
USD, DeepSeek standard tier. Prices checked on October 28, 2026.
| Token type | Price per 1M |
|---|---|
| Input | $0.3 |
| Cached input | $0.006 |
| Output | $1.2 |
Note: Peak price. Off-peak is half: outside 01–04 and 06–10 UTC on weekdays, plus weekends and Chinese public holidays.
Model ID: deepseek-flash · Source: api-docs.deepseek.com
What a DeepSeek Flash request costs
| Request | Per request | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Short chat reply 500 input + 200 output tokens | $0.00040 | $0.40 |
| Chatbot turn with context 1,500 input + 400 output tokens | $0.00095 | $0.95 |
| Document Q&A (RAG) 8,000 input + 500 output tokens | $0.0031 | $3.12 |
| Long-document summary 150,000 input + 2,000 output tokens | $0.05 | $49.65 |
Token counts are measured with GPT's o200k tokenizer and converted for DeepSeek Flash (see below). No caching or batch discount.
Similarly priced models
| Model | Chatbot request | vs DeepSeek Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.6 Luna OpenAI | $0.00078 | −18% |
| GPT-5.4 nano OpenAI | $0.00080 | −16% |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Google | $0.00099 | +4% |
| GPT-5 mini OpenAI | $0.0012 | +23% |
| Mistral Large 3 Mistral | $0.0014 | +46% |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite Google | $0.0015 | +55% |
Frequently asked questions
How much does the DeepSeek Flash API cost?
DeepSeek Flash costs $0.3 per million input tokens and $1.2 per million output tokens on DeepSeek's standard tier. Prices checked on October 28, 2026.
How much does one DeepSeek Flash request cost?
A typical chatbot request with about 1,500 input and 400 output tokens costs about $0.00095, or $0.95 per 1,000 requests. Paste your own prompt into the calculator on this page for an exact estimate.
Does DeepSeek Flash support prompt caching?
Yes. Cached input costs $0.006 per million tokens, 98% less than regular input.
Does DeepSeek Flash have a Batch API discount?
No, DeepSeek Flash has no Batch API discount.
How are DeepSeek Flash tokens counted?
DeepSeek Flash's tokenizer is not published. We estimate about 1.05× the GPT o200k count for the same text.