DeepSeek V4-Pro goes live, then adds peak-hour pricing
Previewed in late April, V4-Pro became generally available on August 13. Since August 16 its price doubles for seven hours a day.
The model
DeepSeek's flagship V4-Pro, built on the lab's mixture-of-experts efficiency, reached general availability on August 13 after a late-April preview.
Pricing
On August 16 DeepSeek replaced its flat rate with a peak/off-peak split that doubles the price for seven hours a day. Even at peak it remains competitive with Western models. Teams that can move batch jobs off-peak now have a new cost lever.
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