DeepSeek V4 Peak Valley Pricing Change

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46 points | by lmartineng 16 hours ago

11 comments

  • bel8 12 hours ago
    So DeepSeek v4 will cost 2x between 9:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 18:00, Beijing Time.

    This is UTC+8 so to get cheaper DeepSeek:

    - in London (BST / UTC+1): 11:00 to 02:00, and 05:00 to 07:00.

    - in NY (EDT / UTC-4): 06:00 to 21:00, and 00:00 to 02:00.

    - in California (PDT / UTC-7): 03:00 to 18:00, and 21:00 to 23:00.

    Subscription plans like OpenCode Go might not even pass down this 2x cost since most customers are EU/US.

    • 2muchtime 2 hours ago
      Does opencode go use deepseek infrastructure?

      I thought they just used open weights models on infrastructure they get from someone else. They say,

      “What about data and privacy?

      The plan is designed primarily for international users, with models hosted in the US, EU, and Singapore for stable global access. Our providers follow a zero-retention policy and do not use your data for model training.”

      https://opencode.ai/go

    • gruez 9 hours ago
      >This is UTC+8 so to get cheaper DeepSeek:

      Note "cheaper" is only relative to the 2x peak price. The off-peak price is still the same price as today. In other words they hiked the price 2x for peak hours only.

    • CharlesW 12 hours ago
      > in California (PDT / UTC-7): 03:00 to 18:00, and 21:00 to 23:00.

      I think that’s incorrect. For California (PDT), 2X pricing will be in effect from 6–9pm and 11pm–3am. During PST, the CA windows will be 5–8pm and 10pm–2am.

      • NooneAtAll3 12 hours ago
        > 2X pricing will be in effect from 6–9pm and 11pm–3am

        that's why cheaper price is 03-18 and 21-23, aka 3am-6pm,9pm-11pm

        • CharlesW 10 hours ago
          Oops, the "cost 2x" mention in the first paragraph confused me. Thanks!
    • stavros 12 hours ago
      I don't understand, you say that Deepseek will be more expensive for seven hours a day and then give five hours a day where it's cheaper in London.
      • drcongo 12 hours ago
        11:00 to 02:00, and 05:00 to 07:00 is 17 hours right?
        • stavros 12 hours ago
          Ahh I'm very sleep deprived, thanks. Parsed 02:00 as 14:00.
          • drcongo 12 hours ago
            I just worked out that that was probably the cause. Hope you're not baking over there.
            • stavros 12 hours ago
              Thanks, I'm trying but it's been pretty hot. You guys have it worse though, I was just in London and it was unbearable. At least AC helps here.
    • 0-_-0 12 hours ago
      That math makes no sense
      • bel8 11 hours ago
        Perhaps you read those western times as being the more expensive time windows? They are the cheaper times. I know it can be confusing.

        But please let me know where my math is wrong.

  • dietr1ch 1 hour ago
    A bit weird that it also applies to weekends. I guess it helps not creating wrong incentives for companies, but it hurts open and personal projects a bit.
  • egeozcan 12 hours ago
    For Berlin time (Germany, UTC+2, CEST), the 2x cost period is 03:00 - 06:00, and 08:00 - 12:00.

    08:00 - 12:00 would have really hurt if prices were not ridiculously low to begin with.

  • osti 11 hours ago
    This announcement also mentioned that they will release the next version (official non preview version) of v4 in mid July.
  • gregman1 9 hours ago
    So for some time spans it goes from ridiculously cheap to just very very cheap? I support that and I see no problem whatsoever.
  • kiproping 11 hours ago
    I have not seen the official deepseek communication to this effect.
    • phainopepla2 11 hours ago
      I got an email from them with this information approximately six hours ago.

      There is also a banner about the price change on their API platform site, at least for me

  • docheinestages 11 hours ago
    It's business at the end of the day. Don't get surprised if one day DeepSeek does a rug pull too.
    • downrightmike 9 hours ago
      Rug pull already underway. They're all heavily subsidized, that is drying up and they all need to show revenue if they are to survive.
  • polshaw 12 hours ago
    Content restricted in the UK
    • londons_explore 11 hours ago
      The same site seems to host cryptocurrency related things, and the UK has a bunch of crypto laws.
    • lmf4lol 9 hours ago
      It is truly sad to see what is happening to the UK.
  • mertleee 6 hours ago
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  • vdfs 11 hours ago
    You were NOT the Chosen One! It was said that you would NOT destroy the Sith, BUT join them! Bring balance to the Sheets, not leave it in darkness!
  • throwitaway222 11 hours ago
    Yall trust LLM providers sweeping up keys and passwords? Sometimes you have a little .env file or config files in your repos that are not checked in... LLMs like to read that stuff and send it in. I don't trust any of the LLM providers, but less so the ones seated in China.
    • jst1fthsdys 11 hours ago
      Yes, never trust the perfidious chinamen or their evil LLMs. They are on another level of evil than our glorious and noble western LLMs that are used to bomb schools.
    • Havoc 4 hours ago
      Mostly yeah - convenience tradeoff is worthwhile. Though wouldn’t give it anything that could do serious damage like unrestricted GCP keys or something
    • nozzlegear 4 hours ago
      [dead]