DeepSeek API pricing and limits: Usage billing
DeepSeek API tiers: Usage billing Usage billing. Quotas, reset windows, included models and the official page for each tier, with sources and check dates.
Official pricing page: api-docs.deepseek.com
Tiers at a glance
Personal monthly prices; taxes and regional differences apply.
| Tier | Price | Quota | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usage billing | Usage billing | Billed per token from a topped-up balance; no subscription allowance. Peak hours (01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC, Monday to Friday, excluding Chinese public holidays) are full price; all other hours are half price. | Open to new subscribers |
Price, quota and models by tier
Usage billing
- Usage billing · Personal · International · Billed per token with no monthly fee; the official page shows a dollar sign without an ISO currency code.
Models: DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash, DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813
- DeepSeek sells no coding subscription; this entry is its official pay-as-you-go API, listed so the Plan Depot shows a popular maker.
- deepseek-flash is DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash; the legacy name deepseek-v4-flash is retired, and its requests are served by V4.1 Flash at the Flash price.
- Off-peak rates are half the peak rates; peak hours are 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC, Monday to Friday, excluding Chinese public holidays.
source · checked 2026-10-16
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Data published 2026-10-17 00:16 UTC · All data is also available through the public API