Price cut: deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 on alibaba
| Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | 0.35 | 0.18 | -50.0% |
| Output | 1.06 | 0.53 | -50.0% |
| Cache read | 0.0352 | 0.0176 | -50.0% |
What this means by workload
Illustrative monthly cost of the changed field(s) alone, at a representative 10M tokens/month split per workload preset. Not a substitute for the calculator, which uses your own volume and every price field.
| Workload | Before / month | After / month |
|---|---|---|
| Coding agent | $3.87 | $1.94 |
| RAG chat | $4.58 | $2.29 |
| Summarisation (batch) | $4.22 | $2.11 |
| Classification | $3.66 | $1.83 |
| Chat assistant | $6.34 | $3.17 |
| Content generation | $9.15 | $4.58 |