The DeepSeek visual model has officially launched its API: Price is exactly the same as V4 Flash

Introducing the Beating AI Newsflash, DeepSeek has officially launched a new visual model named `deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp`. The official API documentation has categorized it alongside V4 Flash and V4 Pro, allowing developers to input images directly through the DeepSeek API. The model supports a context of up to 1 million Tokens, with a maximum output of 384,000 Tokens. It also supports JSON Output, Tool Calls, Responses API, and Anthropic API.

The pricing is directly aligned with V4 Flash. During cache misses, the price per million Tokens for input is 3 USD during peak hours and 1.5 USD during off-peak hours; for cache hits, it is as low as 0.1 USD and 0.05 USD respectively. The output price per million Tokens is 9 USD during peak hours and 4.5 USD during off-peak hours. Compared to V4 Pro, the price at the same level is only one-third.

There is no separate charge per image. DeepSeek converts images into Tokens based on their size, which are then billed along with text Tokens. Peak hours are from 9:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 18:00 (Beijing Time), with prices halved during other times.