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DeepSeek V4 Pro

DeepSeek’s top current API model with one-million-token context and unusually aggressive pricing relative to frontier-class closed models.

DeepSeek V4 Updated May 20, 2026
Post Reboot Practical Scores

Capability profile

87.4
Reasoning 89.0
Coding 89.0
Writing 81.0
Speed 88.0
Cost efficiency 95.0
Image understanding 70.0
Pricing
Input
$1.74 / 1M input tokens
Output
$3.48 / 1M output tokens
Cached input
$0.0145 / 1M input cache hit tokens
Context
1M tokens
Free tier
No / unknown
API
Available
Subscription
DeepSeek API
Open-source status
Closed
Best Use Cases
Best for
  • Cost-sensitive advanced reasoning and coding where context size still matters.
Best workflows
  • Budget-conscious agents
  • coding tasks
  • and long-context analysis.
Weakest at
  • Buyer confidence cases where teams prefer broader enterprise ecosystem support and more polished product layers.
Not ideal for
  • Organizations that need the most mature enterprise platform wrappers and procurement comfort.
Post Reboot Take

DeepSeek keeps forcing the market to take price compression seriously. The model matters, but the strategic story is the economics.

DeepSeek’s top current API model with one-million-token context and unusually aggressive pricing relative to frontier-class closed models.

Post Reboot take

DeepSeek keeps forcing the market to take price compression seriously. The model matters, but the strategic story is the economics.

Strengths

Best for: Cost-sensitive advanced reasoning and coding where context size still matters.

Weakest at: Buyer confidence cases where teams prefer broader enterprise ecosystem support and more polished product layers.

Best workflows: Budget-conscious agents, coding tasks, and long-context analysis.

Example use cases: Affordable code assistants, research synthesis, knowledge tasks, and medium-to-large automation systems.

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