DeepSeek V4-Pro Just Got 4x Cheaper. But Here's What Nobody's Talking About
DeepSeek has announced a permanent 75% discount on its V4-Pro service, making it significantly cheaper than competitors. However, users may encounter rate limits when using the service at scale, which can disrupt workflows. To mitigate this issue, implementing multi-key load balancing with automatic failover is recommended for optimal performance.
- ▪DeepSeek V4-Pro's price has dropped to $0.87 per million tokens for output.
- ▪The service is now 20-35 times cheaper than GPT-5.5.
- ▪Users may face rate limits that can halt their workflows when using a single API key.
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| Publication time | Sun, 24 May 2026 01:46:53 +0000 |
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3876213) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } yanlong wang Posted on May 24 • Originally published at aicreditsapi.com DeepSeek V4-Pro Just Got 4x Cheaper. But Here's What Nobody's Talking About #deepseek #api #tutorial #ai DeepSeek V4-Pro Just Got 4x Cheaper. But Here's What Nobody's Talking About DeepSeek dropped a bombshell on May 22: the 75% discount on V4-Pro is now permanent. Was Now Input (cache miss) $1.74 / 1M tokens $0.435 / 1M tokens Output $3.48 / 1M tokens $0.87 / 1M tokens That's 20–35x cheaper than GPT-5.5.
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