DeepSeek Off‑Peak Status

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Weekly peak schedule (UTC)

Monday–Friday: 01:00–04:00 & 06:00–10:00 UTC
All other hours (including weekends & Chinese public holidays) are off‑peak

Off‑peak rates are half of peak rates. Peak hours are 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC, Monday through Friday, excluding Chinese public holidays. All other hours are off‑peak, including weekends and Chinese public holidays in full.

Pricing reference — deepseek-flash vs deepseek-v4-pro (per 1M tokens)

Model	Metric	Off‑Peak	Peak
deepseek-flash DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash	Input (cache hit)	$0.003	$0.006
	Input (cache miss)	$0.15	$0.30
	Output	$0.60	$1.20
deepseek-v4-pro DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813	Input (cache hit)	$0.022	$0.044
	Input (cache miss)	$0.66	$1.32
	Output	$1.98	$3.96

Prices are in USD per 1M tokens. Off‑peak rates are exactly half of peak rates. deepseek-v4-pro is more expensive than deepseek-flash on every metric — off‑peak output is $1.98 vs $0.60, and cache‑miss input is $0.66 vs $0.15. See the official pricing page for full details.