DeepSeek makes its 75% discount on the DeepSeek-V4-Pro API permanent, keeping rates at one-quarter of prior levels for input and output tokens beyond the prior May 31, 2026 cutoff.
The 1.6-trillion-parameter model offers 1M-token context and fixed per-million pricing.
deepseek seems to be cutting costs by an order of magnitude than their competition. The model is sufficient for a majority of "normal" use cases. This should heat up the market in favor of consumers.
Caveat Emptor: AI compiled table.

We are making our discount permanent! 🎉 Enjoy building with DeepSeek-V4-Pro and bring your innovative ideas to life! 🚀
> didn't even do the scheduled discount termination

Here you see me falling flat on my face because I believed the Whale and so underestimated him. They actually *are* doing better than they're willing to commit to. This tsundere act of "it's just a p-promotion, baka! Just this once! Hmph!" didn't even last a month.

not really. We're running out of discounted V4-Pro in about a week. Then again, they expected compute expansion and cost cuts with 950s in H2 2026. H2 starts just one month later. We will see.
Official.
We are making our discount permanent! 🎉 Enjoy building with DeepSeek-V4-Pro and bring your innovative ideas to life! 🚀
…or maybe not
So… how long did it even work at "original price"? 3 days? 2? "promotional discount ends with the new Official Full Price equal to the discount price". Only at DeepSeek.

So… how long did it even work at "original price"? 3 days? 2? "promotional discount ends with the new Official Full Price equal to the discount price". Only at DeepSeek.
The Rumbling of the Whale

💎 "My heart is not a stone; it cannot be turned." 💎 Maybe in another timeline 🕰️🌌, DeepSeek doesn’t exist 🐳, there’s no explosion of open-source models 📂🔓, and no API services that simply chase reasonable profit ⚖️💵. But anyway… I’m just endlessly grateful that in *this* timeline, I can pour my youngest, most alive years into a dream of AGI for everyone 🌍🤖✨. That alone is the greatest happiness of my life. I ask for nothing more. 🫶 It still feels surreal 🤯, like Eren Yeager on a summer afternoon, napping under the shade of a tree 🌳☀️😴💤, dreaming a dream that spanned two thousand years ⏳💭. This world is full of utilitarianism dressed up as dreams 🎭, but we have to trust the power of trust ✨🙏. After all… 我心匪石,不可转也 ——《诗经·邶风·柏舟》, 💎 My heart is not a stone; it cannot be turned. 💎❤️ #DeepSeek #AGIForEveryone #OpenSource
Wow. A massive 75% discount from DeepSeek.
Either they’ve done some serious inference optimizations, or Huawei chips are just that much cheaper?
More open-source AI models, better token economy.
We are making our discount permanent! 🎉 Enjoy building with DeepSeek-V4-Pro and bring your innovative ideas to life! 🚀
this is the way.
1/4 of the original price!
the agentic stuff you can build with deepseek-v4-pro is already impressive so this like the best news for builders
We are making our discount permanent! 🎉 Enjoy building with DeepSeek-V4-Pro and bring your innovative ideas to life! 🚀
$0.87 for a 1.6T param model btw
DeepSeek is the only lab that is still trying to make intelligence too cheap to meter
DeepSeek is the only lab that is still trying to make intelligence too cheap to meter
Let that sink in for a moment.
DeepSeek v4 pro 75% discount. Permanent!
In: $0.43 Out: $0.87
If you read the DeepSeek v4 tech paper you know that this model is insanely good when it comes to efficiency.
Only 27% compute and only 10% cache compares to v3.2. SemiAnalysis wrote a great article.
DeepSeek is now all about cost / token efficiency.
We are making our discount permanent! 🎉 Enjoy building with DeepSeek-V4-Pro and bring your innovative ideas to life! 🚀
💎 "My heart is not a stone; it cannot be turned." 💎
Maybe in another timeline 🕰️🌌, DeepSeek doesn’t exist 🐳, there’s no explosion of open-source models 📂🔓, and no API services that simply chase reasonable profit ⚖️💵. But anyway… I’m just endlessly grateful that in *this* timeline, I can pour my youngest, most alive years into a dream of AGI for everyone 🌍🤖✨. That alone is the greatest happiness of my life. I ask for nothing more. 🫶
It still feels surreal 🤯, like Eren Yeager on a summer afternoon, napping under the shade of a tree 🌳☀️😴💤, dreaming a dream that spanned two thousand years ⏳💭. This world is full of utilitarianism dressed up as dreams 🎭, but we have to trust the power of trust ✨🙏. After all… 我心匪石,不可转也 ——《诗经·邶风·柏舟》, 💎 My heart is not a stone; it cannot be turned. 💎❤️ #DeepSeek #AGIForEveryone #OpenSource
We are making our discount permanent! 🎉 Enjoy building with DeepSeek-V4-Pro and bring your innovative ideas to life! 🚀
