DeepSeek-V3 ends promotional pricing, updates API service rates. Credit: DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3’s 45-day promotional pricing period for its API service will end on Feb. 8, with new pricing set to take effect on Feb. 9. Under the updated rates, the cost will be RMB 0.5 ($0.068) per million input tokens (cache hit), RMB 2 ($0.27) per million input tokens (cache miss), and RMB 8 ($1.09) per million output tokens. The promotional period, which began on Dec. 26, 2024, offered a lower rate of RMB 0.1 ($0.014) per million input tokens (cache hit) and RMB 1 ($0.14) per million input tokens (cache miss), with output tokens priced at RMB 2 ($0.27). The price adjustment follows https://technode.com/2025/01/26/silicon-valley-stunned-as-chinas-deepseek-r1-surpasses-us-ai-giants-undercuts-costs/DeepSeek’s performance> in areas such as mathematics, coding, and natural language reasoning, where its combination of competitive pricing and capability has been compared to OpenAI’s GPT-4. These factors have contributed to notable reactions in Silicon Valley and impacted US tech stocks. [iThome, in Chinese]
