DeepSeek V4 Flash

DeepSeek‑V4‑Flash is an efficiency‑optimized variant of the DeepSeek V4 series. It targets developers who want to access the long‑context and reasoning capabilities of the V4 series via faster and lower‑cost API services. Compared with V4‑Pro, V4‑Flash has smaller total and activated parameter counts, which delivers faster response times and lower API call costs. Its reasoning capability is close to that of V4‑Pro, matching V4‑Pro on simple agent tasks. Observable performance gaps only emerge in the most demanding agent workflow scenarios. Its world‑knowledge base is slightly inferior to V4‑Pro, yet it remains highly competitive among open‑source models.

byDeepSeekInput TypeOutput TypeContext Window1MMax Output384K

Providers

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DeepSeekDefault

$0.315 / $0.945/ 1M tokens0.70× base price

Supported formatsOpenAI Chat CompletionsOpenAI ResponsesAnthropic MessagesGoogle Gemini

Pricing

Transparent pay-as-you-go pricing by token usage — no subscriptions or hidden fees.

DeepSeek

deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash

Prices forchange

Per 1M tokens

Input

Prompt and context tokens

$0.315

Output

Generated completion tokens

$0.945

Cache read

Reused or stored prompt context

$0.0105

Code

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API / request example

Sample Code & API

Create API Key

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.apipod.ai/v1",
    api_key="<YOUR_API_KEY>",
)

# Chat Completions
completion = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek-v4-flash",
    messages=[
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "What is the meaning of life?",
        }
    ],
)
print(completion.choices[0].message.content)