Pricing guides · DeepSeek
Updated · By llmwise, AI-assisted.
DeepSeek pricing: every plan and the API
DeepSeek's site lists no paid chat plan (checked September 28, 2026): it offers its chat and a pay-per-token API, where off-peak rates are half the peak ones. At the prices of the endpoints llmwise uses, a typical DeepSeek V4 Pro message costs $0.0044; on llmwise Pro, V4 Pro has up to 250 messages a month.
Checked : DeepSeek and DeepSeek API Docs: Models & Pricing.
Every DeepSeek plan and its price
DeepSeek's site lists no paid chat plan, checked September 28, 2026.
What does DeepSeek's API cost per message?
Per million tokens in and out, from llmwise's catalog (the price of the OpenRouter endpoints llmwise uses, not DeepSeek's own API), and a typical message: 4,000 tokens in, 700 out. Beside each, its count on llmwise Pro ($20).
| Model | API price per million tokens (in / out) | A typical message | On llmwise Pro | Least a message costs on llmwise Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | $0.40 / $4.00 | $0.0044 | Up to 250 a month | $0.08 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.0020 | 60 a day | A daily count |
llmwise's paid plans also cap AI cost each month for fair use (Plus $3.75, Pro $7.50, Max $20, Ultra $42, Studio $85). A whole month of typical messages costs less than that; very long messages and deep research cost more. Every limit, explained.
What does DeepSeek do with your DeepSeek chats?
From DeepSeek's privacy pages as they read on September 28, 2026. For comparison, llmwise trains no models on what you send, and a chat stays until you delete it.
| Service | Used for training | Opting out | How long chats stay |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek | By default, yes | A right to opt out, in its policy; no setting named | As long as necessary, it says; stored in China |
“To improve and develop the Services and to train and improve our technology, such as our machine learning models and algorithms.”
Quoted from DeepSeek Privacy Policy
“the right to opt-out of using your Personal Data for training our models or optimizing our technologies.”
Quoted from DeepSeek Privacy Policy
“We retain Personal Data for as long as necessary to provide our Services and for the other purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.”
Quoted from DeepSeek Privacy Policy
“To provide you with our services, we directly collect, process and store your Personal Data in People's Republic of China.”
Quoted from DeepSeek Privacy Policy
How did DeepSeek's models score in our runs?
DeepSeek's models in llmwise's catalog, each sent the same 50 prompts.
| Kind of work | DeepSeek V4 Pro | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Writing | 5 of 5 | 4 of 5 |
| Support replies | 4 of 5 | 4 of 5 |
| Altogether | 49 of 50 | 48 of 50 |
Not one miss among them on coding, math, summarization, data analysis, translation, SQL, answering from documents, and tool use. Passes out of 5 per kind of work, in our runs of September 27, 28, 29 and October 2, 7, 8, 9, 15, 2026. The prompts and replies.
What else DeepSeek says about DeepSeek's prices
“Chat with DeepSeek: Use API Platform”
Source: DeepSeek
“Off-peak rates are half of the peak rates. Peak hours are 01:00 - 04:00 and 06:00 - 10:00 UTC, Monday through Friday, excluding Chinese public holidays.”
“1M INPUT TOKENS (CACHE MISS): OFF-PEAK: $0.15: $0.66”
“1M OUTPUT TOKENS: OFF-PEAK: $0.6: $1.98”
DeepSeek's plans, one by one
DeepSeek pricing, asked and answered
Is there a DeepSeek subscription?
We found none on DeepSeek's own site (checked September 28, 2026): it offers "Chat with DeepSeek" and its API platform, which is priced per token.
What does the DeepSeek API cost?
DeepSeek's docs price V4.1 Flash and V4 Pro per million tokens, with off-peak rates half the peak ones; the lines quoted on this page are the off-peak ones. llmwise's catalog lists what its OpenRouter endpoints charge instead.
How much DeepSeek does an llmwise plan include?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is an everyday model on llmwise: 60 messages a day on Pro, 120 on Max.
DeepSeek V4 Pro, priced per message
On llmwise Pro ($20), up to 250 DeepSeek V4 Pro messages a month: as little as $0.08 a message. No tokens to count.