DeepSeek peak/off-peak price clock

The DeepSeek API costs half as much during off-peak hours. The windows are fixed in UTC, which makes them awkward to keep track of anywhere else in the world – so this page tells you where you are right now, when it flips next in your own time zone, and what both models cost either way. Queue the non-urgent jobs for the cheap half and the bill drops by 50%.

Peak windows only apply on weekdays (Monday–Friday, Beijing time). Weekends are off-peak all day, so Saturday and Sunday never see a surcharge.

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Off-peak rates

DeepSeek V4 Flash

input$0.22

output$0.66

DeepSeek V4 Pro

input$0.66

output$1.98

Peak rates

DeepSeek V4 Flash

DeepSeek V4 Flash input$0.44

DeepSeek V4 Flash output$1.32

DeepSeek V4 Pro

DeepSeek V4 Pro input$1.32

DeepSeek V4 Pro output$3.96

Per 1M tokens. Input is cache miss; cache hits cost much less.

The live status and local times need JavaScript. On weekdays (Monday to Friday, Beijing time) peak runs 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC, everything else is off-peak, and weekends (Saturday and Sunday, Beijing time) are off-peak all day. The prices above are the off-peak ones; weekday peak rates are double.

Rates are from the official DeepSeek pricing page.

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