DeepSeek V4 Flash is DeepSeek’s fast, low-cost V4 API tier for high-volume coding, agent sub-tasks and long-context processing. It is for teams that need a one-million-token working window without paying frontier-model rates.
At a glance
| Fact | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| Provider | DeepSeek |
| Type | Commercial API / open model ecosystem |
| Best for | Coding, automation, agents, document analysis |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens |
| API available | Yes |
| Local use | No for the hosted V4 Flash API tier |
| Last checked | 17 July 2026 |
Our verdict
DeepSeek V4 Flash is one of the most economical serious API models for agent and document workloads. Its price makes it an obvious worker model for pipelines that reserve premium reasoning for only the difficult steps; validate quality for sensitive output, but the routing economics are hard to ignore.
| Score | Rating |
| --- | --- |
| Overall | ★★★★☆ |
| Coding | ★★★★☆ |
| Agents | ★★★★☆ |
| Research | ★★★☆☆ |
| Budget | ★★★★★ |
Pricing
Standard API pricing is per million tokens.
| Meter | Price |
| --- | --- |
| Input | $0.14 / million tokens |
| Cached input | $0.0028 / million tokens |
| Output | $0.28 / million tokens |
Best for
- High-volume coding and automation
- Agent sub-tasks and retrieval workflows
- Large document classification and extraction
- Cost-sensitive long-context processing
Avoid when
- You need the strongest available reasoning tier
- You require a mature enterprise support stack
- You need the hosted Flash SKU to run locally
What changed
- 17 July 2026: Profile created for DeepSeek V4 Flash.
- 17 July 2026: Public API pricing and one-million-token context window checked.
- Future API, availability and pricing changes will be added here.
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