The AI Price Shock: When Cheap Gets Expensive DeepSeek's decision to quadruple its AI model prices has sent shockwaves through the industry, but is this price hike a necessary evil or a sign of a deeper problem?
On August 16, DeepSeek V4 Pro will cost $3. 96 per million output tokens at peak hours, more than four times the current rate.
DeepSeek had previously announced its intention to make its discounted API pricing permanent, but instead it has adopted a new tiered pricing system with peak and off peak rates.