DeepSeek peak/off-peak pricing update

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DeepSeek announced the GA release of DeepSeek-V4-Pro with major agent upgrades, flexible reasoning effort levels, native OpenAI Responses API support, and updated API pricing introducing peak and off-peak rates with off-peak 50% lower.

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# DeepSeek-V4-Pro GA Release | DeepSeek API Docs Source: [https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news260813/](https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news260813/) We’re launching DeepSeek\-V4\-Pro today\! 🚀 🔷 Major Agent upgrades with strong production gains\! 🔷 Flexible[reasoning effort](https://api-docs.deepseek.com/guides/thinking_mode)for V4\-Pro & V4\-Flash: low for simple tasks, high for daily Agent workflows, max for complex tasks\. 🔷 Native OpenAI Responses API support, optimized for[Codex](https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/agent_integrations/codex)with one\-click setup\. V4 Pro is now available on app/web\. Try it via “Expert Mode”\. V4 Pro is also available via API\. Model names remain unchanged—please refer to the API docs for setup details\. ![](https://api-docs.deepseek.com/img/v4_260813_benchmark_table_en.png) --- ### API pricing update 💰[​](https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news260813/#api-pricing-update-) With the V4 lineup release, we’re updating our API pricing and introducing peak and off\-peak rates\. Off\-peak rates are 50% lower than peak, enabling more flexible workload scheduling\. 📉 New pricing takes effect at 16:00 UTC, Aug 16, 2026 🕒 ![](https://api-docs.deepseek.com/img/v4_260813_price_en.png)

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