DeepSeek-V3 API promotional period ends, the cost for every million output tokens returns to 8 yuan
The official website of China's artificial intelligence (AI) large model DeepSeek shows that the 45-day trial period for the DeepSeek-V3 application programming interface (API) service has ended, and starting from February 9, the new pricing will be adjusted. Under the new charges, regardless of whether the cache hits or not, the input token fee is uniformly set at 2 yuan per million. As for the output token fee, it has been adjusted from 2 yuan per million to 8 yuan, an increase of 3 times. During the trial period, the input token fee for DeepSeek-V3 was 0.1 yuan per million when the cache hit, and 1 yuan per million when the cache missed; the output token fee was 2 yuan per million. Some analysts pointed out that the trial period is a common marketing strategy, and DeepSeek successfully attracted a large number of users to try and use its V3 API service through this strategy, thereby accumulating a user base and market reputation. Now that the trial period has ended, the API price has been adjusted as expected, which is also in line with market expectations
According to Zhitong Finance APP, the official website of China's artificial intelligence (AI) large model DeepSeek shows that the 45-day promotional trial period for the DeepSeek-V3 application programming interface (API) service has ended, and starting from February 9, the new pricing will be adjusted. Under the new charges, regardless of whether the cache hits or not, the input token fee is uniformly set at 2 yuan per million. As for the output token fee, it has been adjusted from 2 yuan per million to 8 yuan, an increase of three times.
During the promotional period, the input token fee for DeepSeek-V3 was 0.1 yuan per million when the cache hit, and 1 yuan per million when the cache missed; the output token fee was 2 yuan per million. Analysts pointed out that the promotional trial period is a common market promotion strategy, and DeepSeek successfully attracted a large number of users to try and use its V3 API service through this strategy, thereby accumulating a user base and market reputation. Now that the promotional period has ended, the API price has been raised as expected, which is also a result anticipated by the market.
