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deepseek-v4.1-flash pricing and usage · CheaperInference

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deepseek-v4.1-flash

Access deepseek-v4.1-flash from DeepSeek through one OpenAI-compatible API with live market-linked pricing and usage-based billing.

Text generationVision inputReasoningStreaming45% below list

Input / 1M tokens~~$0.15 list~~$0.0825

Output / 1M tokens~~$0.60 list~~$0.33

Cached input / 1M tokens$0.00165

Current discount45%

Observed reliability

99.76

Successful provider-reaching requests

Output speed

179.2

Median tokens per second over sustained generations

TTFT

3.6 s

p50 · p90 8.3 s · n 910,554

Latency

6.5 s

p50 · p90 26.3 s · n 1,385,958

Evidence strength

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Provider: DeepSeek
Model ID: deepseek-v4.1-flash
Type: Text generation
Endpoints: /v1/chat/completions, /v1/responses, /v1/messages
Input: image, pdf, text
Output: text
Vision input: Supported
Image editing: Not supported
Video input: Not supported
Reasoning: Supported
Streaming: Supported
Context window: 1,048,576 tokens

POST /v1/chat/completions

Field	Values
reasoning.exclude
max_tokens
reasoning	effort: none, low, high, max; enabled: true or false
stop
temperature
tool_choice
tools

POST /v1/messages

Field	Values
max_tokens
thinking	type: enabled with budget_tokens; output_config.effort: none, low, high, max

Pricing history

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Time zone

deepseek-v4.1-flash

High confidence

This model averaged 42.3% below comparable direct provider prices across the selected range. Its strongest observed window was 4:00 PM in UTC.

Last 7 days

Average saved

42.3%

Last 7 days

Cheapest time

4:00 PM

45.0% average savings

Hourly coverage

24/24

168 total observations

Signal quality

High

Ready for planning

Typical unit savings$0.08 / 1M input tokens$0.31 / 1M output tokens

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Source buckets are UTC; labels are converted to UTC.

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POST /v1/chat/completions

curl https://api.cheaperinference.com/v1/chat/completions \  -H "Authorization: Bearer ci_live_YOUR_API_KEY" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "model": "deepseek-v4.1-flash",    "messages": [      {        "role": "user",        "content": "Reply with the single word OK."      }    ],    "max_tokens": 64  }'

POST /v1/responses

curl https://api.cheaperinference.com/v1/responses \  -H "Authorization: Bearer ci_live_YOUR_API_KEY" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "input": [      {        "role": "user",        "content": "Reply with the single word OK."      }    ],    "model": "deepseek-v4.1-flash",    "store": false,    "max_output_tokens": 256  }'

POST /v1/messages

curl https://api.cheaperinference.com/v1/messages \  -H "Authorization: Bearer ci_live_YOUR_API_KEY" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "model": "deepseek-v4.1-flash",    "messages": [      {        "role": "user",        "content": "Reply with the single word OK."      }    ],    "max_tokens": 64  }'