On February 9, DeepSeek officially ended its 45-day promotional pricing for the DeepSeek-V3 API service. Starting from the same day, the new pricing structure is as follows:
- Input Tokens: ¥0.5 per million (cache hit) / ¥2 per million (cache miss)
- Output Tokens: ¥8 per million
During the promotional period, the pricing was significantly lower: ¥0.1 per million input tokens (cache hit), ¥1 per million (cache miss), and ¥2 per million output tokens.
The new pricing reflects DeepSeek’s shift towards a more sustainable API model while maintaining its competitive edge in the AI landscape.