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DeepSeek makes V4-Pro generally available with peak and off-peak pricing

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DeepSeek made V4-Pro generally available with agent upgrades, adjustable reasoning effort, native support for OpenAI’s Responses API tuned for Codex, and new peak and off-peak API prices with off-peak 50% lower from 16 August.

Why it matters

DeepSeek made its flagship work as a drop-in for OpenAI-based coding tools at off-peak prices half the peak rate.

When
13 Aug 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0228
Where
China
Who
DeepSeek

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from DeepSeek API docs. Checked against the source on 10 Oct 2026.

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2026-0228: “DeepSeek makes V4-Pro generally available with peak and off-peak pricing.” wheresthe.ai, 13 Aug 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/cn-deepseek-v4-pro-ga-2026-08/ (source: DeepSeek API docs: V4-Pro GA).

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