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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.

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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.

6:12 AM · May 22, 2026 View on X
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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.

DeepSeekDeepSeek@deepseek_ai

We are making our discount permanent! 🎉 Enjoy building with DeepSeek-V4-Pro and bring your innovative ideas to life! 🚀

4:01 PM · May 22, 2026 · 1.1M Views
5:04 PM · May 22, 2026 · 1.3K Views

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.

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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.

1:12 PM · May 22, 2026 · 16.1K Views
4:41 PM · May 22, 2026 · 4.2K Views
Teortaxes▶️ (DeepSeek 推特🐋铁粉 2023 – ∞)Teortaxes▶️ (DeepSeek 推特🐋铁粉 2023 – ∞)@teortaxesTex

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.

1:35 PM · May 22, 2026 · 12.5K Views
1:39 PM · May 22, 2026 · 2.1K Views

The Rumbling of the Whale

Deli ChenDeli Chen@victor207755822

💎 "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

4:40 PM · May 22, 2026 · 19.5K Views
5:07 PM · May 22, 2026 · 1.7K Views

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.

DeepSeekDeepSeek@deepseek_ai

We are making our discount permanent! 🎉 Enjoy building with DeepSeek-V4-Pro and bring your innovative ideas to life! 🚀

4:01 PM · May 22, 2026 · 1.1M Views
4:06 PM · May 22, 2026 · 83.6K Views

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

DeepSeekDeepSeek@deepseek_ai

We are making our discount permanent! 🎉 Enjoy building with DeepSeek-V4-Pro and bring your innovative ideas to life! 🚀

4:01 PM · May 22, 2026 · 1.1M Views
5:01 PM · May 22, 2026 · 3.7K Views

$0.87 for a 1.6T param model btw

Lisan al GaibLisan al Gaib@scaling01

DeepSeek is the only lab that is still trying to make intelligence too cheap to meter

2:46 PM · May 22, 2026 · 60.6K Views
3:08 PM · May 22, 2026 · 26.9K Views

DeepSeek is the only lab that is still trying to make intelligence too cheap to meter

2:46 PM · May 22, 2026 · 60.6K Views

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.

DeepSeekDeepSeek@deepseek_ai

We are making our discount permanent! 🎉 Enjoy building with DeepSeek-V4-Pro and bring your innovative ideas to life! 🚀

4:01 PM · May 22, 2026 · 1.1M Views
4:57 PM · May 22, 2026 · 38.5K Views

💎 "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

DeepSeekDeepSeek@deepseek_ai

We are making our discount permanent! 🎉 Enjoy building with DeepSeek-V4-Pro and bring your innovative ideas to life! 🚀

4:01 PM · May 22, 2026 · 1.1M Views
4:40 PM · May 22, 2026 · 19.5K Views
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