DeepSeek V4 Flash (0731) pricing
DeepSeek V4 Flash (0731), Small-tier from inference.net, costs $0.168 per 1M input tokens and $0.336 per 1M output tokens.
Input$0.168per 1M tokens
Output$0.336per 1M tokens
Context window256Ktokens
TierSmallinference.net
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Specs and pricing
| Provider | inference.net |
| Tier | Small |
| Context window | 256K tokens |
| Max output | 384K tokens |
| Input price | $0.168 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $0.336 / 1M tokens |
| Cache read | $0.0336 / 1M tokens |
| Modalities | text |
Note. Inference.net gateway price for DeepSeek V4 Flash (0731) (DeepSeek), converted from the site's published per-token rate (costInputPerToken=0.000000, costOutputPerToken=0.000000 USD/token) to USD per 1M tokens: $0.168/1M input, $0.336/1M output, $0.0336/1M cache read.
What it costs at realistic volumes
Assuming a 4:1 input:output token ratio, a common shape for chat and RAG-style workloads:
| Volume (4:1 in:out ratio) | Input cost | Output cost | Total / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000,000 in / 250,000 out | $0.17 | $0.08 | $0.25 |
| 10,000,000 in / 2,500,000 out | $1.68 | $0.84 | $2.52 |
| 100,000,000 in / 25,000,000 out | $16.80 | $8.40 | $25.20 |
Cheaper alternatives
Same tier (Small), a different provider, and a lower blended cost at the 4:1 ratio used above:
| Model | Provider | $/1M in | $/1M out | At the 4:1 ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-Turbo | DeepInfra | $0.02 | $0.04 | 88.1% cheaper blended |
| Solar Pro 4 | OpenRouter | $0.03 | $0.12 | 76.2% cheaper blended |
| GPT-OSS 20B | OpenRouter | $0.03 | $0.13 | 75.2% cheaper blended |
| Amazon Nova Micro | Amazon (Nova) | $0.035 | $0.14 | 72.2% cheaper blended |
| Llama 3.1 8B | OpenRouter | $0.05 | $0.08 | 72.2% cheaper blended |