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DeepSeek V4 Pro API pricing
DeepSeek V4 Pro (DeepSeek) is priced at $0.66 / $1.98 per 1M input / output tokens. It ranks #3 of 17 models on Somnus by blended price. With Somnus credit (2× to 2.5× on every top-up) the effective price is $0.33 / $0.99 or lower.
DeepSeek V4 Pro cost by workload
| Workload | Tokens per request (in / out) | Requests | List cost | With Somnus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support chatbot | 1,500 / 500 | 10,000 | $19.80 | $9.90 |
| Coding agent step | 12,000 / 1,500 | 2,000 | $21.78 | $10.89 |
| Document summary | 8,000 / 400 | 1,000 | $6.07 | $3.04 |
| Classification / tagging | 400 / 20 | 100,000 | $30.36 | $15.18 |
Effective cost uses the minimum 2× credit.
How DeepSeek V4 Pro pricing works
You are charged per token: 0.66 USD per million tokens you send and 1.98 USD per million tokens DeepSeek writes back. Output is 3.0× the input rate for DeepSeek V4 Pro, so answer length drives most of the bill.
Somnus bills usage at the list price and credits every top-up at 2× or more, which is how the effective $0.33 / $0.99 rate comes about.
At list price
$80.00 /mo
You pay with Somnus (2× credit)
$40.00 /mo
Cheapest models for this workload
- DeepSeek V4 Flash$6.60 /mo
- MiMo V2.5 Pro$10.95 /mo
- DeepSeek V4 Pro$19.80 /mo
- Gemini 3.8 Flash$30.00 /mo
- Claude Haiku 4.5$40.00 /mo
Estimate DeepSeek V4 Pro cost from the usage field
from openai import OpenAI
import os
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["SOMNUS_API_KEY"],
base_url="https://gateway-production-c837.up.railway.app/v1",
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="claude-sonnet-5",
messages=[
{"role": "user", "content": "Count my tokens"}
],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)Multiply usage.prompt_tokens by 0.66/1e6 and usage.completion_tokens by 1.98/1e6.
Questions
How much does DeepSeek V4 Pro cost per 1M tokens?
$0.66 / $1.98 list; $0.33 / $0.99 effective with Somnus credit.
Is there a free DeepSeek V4 Pro tier?
New Somnus accounts get $5 free credit usable on DeepSeek V4 Pro.
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