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 (opens in a new tab) for full details.
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