ToolsThe story, in brief
DeepSeek makes the V4 Pro price discount permanent
DeepSeek just made its V4 Pro 75% cheaper permanent. Here's what that means for your API bill.
The KeyNews take
Why it matters
DeepSeek is locking in aggressive pricing as a permanent business model, signaling confidence in margin structure and positioning to capture market share from OpenAI and Anthropic on cost-per-token basis.
The key facts
4 to knowDeepSeek-V4-Pro pricing reduced to 1/4 of original price (75% discount)
Permanent pricing adjustment effective after May 31, 2026
Discount was originally promotional, now made permanent
Competitive pricing pressure on closed-model API economics
Go to the source
Hacker Newsapi-docs.deepseek.com
Publisher excerpt: > (3) The deepseek-v4-pro model API pricing will be officially adjusted to 1/4 of the original price after the 75% discount promotion ends on 2026/05/31 15:59 UTC. Comments URL: Points: 101 # Comments: 48