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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: where to run it and what it costs

10 offers from 9 providers list DeepSeek V4.1 Flash at a per-token price. The lowest listed input price is $0.14 per 1M input tokens at DeepInfra (DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash), card shows 30% off, with output at $0.42. First-party, DeepSeek lists $0.30 input and $1.20 output per 1M tokens (peak-hour price). Prices are as listed on October 18, 2026; they change often and are not a benchmark.

763.2B total, 16B active, mixture of experts. Native context 1,000,000 tokens, per our local-models record (from the Hugging Face model card).

Every offerQuotesRun it yourselfAll open-weight models

Offers
10
Providers
9
Lowest listed input
$0.14
First-party input
$0.30

Per-token prices

Every DeepSeek V4.1 Flash offer, sorted by input price

Each row is one build as the provider lists it, with its own model ID: dated snapshots, Fast and turbo builds and regional rows are never merged. Sorted by listed input price in USD per 1M input tokens; every price is in that same unit. Not stated means the provider's page does not say.
10 hosted offers for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, sorted by listed input price in USD per 1M input tokens
Provider and model IDInputUSD per 1M tokensOutputUSD per 1M tokensCached inputUSD per 1M tokensContext servedas the provider lists itQuantizationStatusSource
DeepInfradeepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-FlashQuotes for this row$0.14Card shows 30% off - may be a temporary discount$0.42$0.0041,048,576Inferred from an unlabelled card tagfp8Not stateddeepinfra.com
DeepSeek (first-party)deepseek-flashListed as: DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017First-partyQuotes for this row$0.30Peak-hour price$1.20$0.0061MNot statedNot statedapi-docs.deepseek.com
Together AIdeepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-FlashListed as: DeepSeek V4.1 FlashQuotes for this row$0.30$1.20$0.0061,000,000FP8Serverless Inferencetogether.ai
Fireworks AIdeepseek-v4p1-flashListed as: DeepSeek V4.1 FlashQuotes for this row$0.30$1.20$0.006Not statedNot statedStandarddocs.fireworks.ai
Basetendeepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-FlashListed as: DeepSeek V4.1 FlashQuotes for this row$0.30$1.20$0.0071048kNot statedModel APIsbaseten.co
Novitadeepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flashListed as: DeepSeek V4.1 FlashQuotes for this row$0.30$1.20$0.0061Mfp8Not statednovita.ai
Google Vertex AI (Agent Platform MaaS)DeepSeek-V4.1-FlashQuotes for this row$0.30$1.20$0.03Not statedNot statedPartner models on Agent Platformcloud.google.com
Alibaba Cloud Model Studiodeepseek-v4.1-flashQuotes for this row$0.30Busy-hour price$1.20Not statedNot statedNot statedInternationalalibabacloud.com
Azure AI Foundry (Fireworks on Foundry)FW DeepSeek V4.1 FlashQuotes for this row$0.375$1.50$0.008Not statedNot statedGlobalazure.microsoft.com
Basetendeepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-FastListed as: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash FastQuotes for this row$0.60$2.40$0.0141048kNot statedModel APIsbaseten.co
First-party
The model's own developer selling its API.
Peak-hour price
DeepSeek's listed price during its peak hours; off-peak is half, per its page. Alibaba's busy-hour rows work the same way.
Card shows N% off
A discount tag sits beside the price on the provider's catalog card. The number is the discounted one and may be temporary.
Inferred
Our reading, not the page's words: a name-only model match, a region taken from table order, or a context figure from an unlabelled tag.
Below native
The provider serves a shorter context than the model's native window in our local-models data.
Preview
The provider lists the model as a preview, for evaluation rather than production.

Evidence

The quote behind every value

Each value is copied from the provider's own page; one quote that backs several values shows once.

DeepInfra

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash

Model ID, Variant, Input, Output, Cached input

“$0.004 cached, $0.14 in, $0.42 out / 1M”
deepinfra.com

Context served, Quantization

“Zero retention fp8 1,048,576”
deepinfra.com

Discount tag on the same card

“30% off $0.004 cached, $0.14 in, $0.42 out / 1M”
deepinfra.com
“promotional pricing, 30% off already applied”
Model page - deepinfra.com
  • Inferred from an unlabelled card tag. Context inferred from an unlabelled card tag: the 1,048,576 figure is a header chip on the model page with no Context label.

Not stated

  • Batch: No per-model batch price listed on the pricing page.
  • Status: No availability tier or release-stage label stated for this offer on the pages used.

Source notes: Not on the main /pricing table; price is from the text-generation catalog card.

DeepSeek (first-party)

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017

Model ID

“Use deepseek-flash as the model name.”
api-docs.deepseek.com

Variant

“MODEL VERSION DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813”
api-docs.deepseek.com

Input

“PEAK $0.3 $1.32”
api-docs.deepseek.com

Input column

“1M INPUT TOKENS (CACHE MISS) OFF-PEAK $0.15 $0.66 PEAK $0.3 $1.32”
api-docs.deepseek.com

Output

“PEAK $1.2 $3.96”
api-docs.deepseek.com

Output column

“1M OUTPUT TOKENS OFF-PEAK $0.6 $1.98 PEAK $1.2 $3.96”
api-docs.deepseek.com

Cached input

“PEAK $0.006 $0.044”
api-docs.deepseek.com

Cached input column

“1M INPUT TOKENS (CACHE HIT) OFF-PEAK $0.003 $0.022 PEAK $0.006 $0.044”
api-docs.deepseek.com

Context served

“CONTEXT LENGTH 1M”
api-docs.deepseek.com
  • Peak-hour price. Off-peak $0.15.

Not stated

  • Batch: No per-model batch price listed on the pricing page.
  • Quantization: Quantization not stated on the pages used.
  • Status: No availability tier or release-stage label stated for this offer on the pages used.

Source notes: The legacy names deepseek-v4-flash and deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp are served by DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 per the page footnote.

Together AI

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

Model ID

“DeepSeek DeepSeek V4.1 Flash deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash 1000000 $0.30 $0.006 $1.20 FP8”
docs.together.ai

Variant, Input, Output, Cached input

“DeepSeek V4.1 Flash $0.30 $0.006 (cached) $1.20”
together.ai

Context served

“deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash 1000000”
docs.together.ai

Quantization

“deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash 1000000 $0.30 $0.006 $1.20 FP8”
docs.together.ai

Status

“Serverless Inference Most teams start with serverless inference”
together.ai

Not stated

  • Batch: No per-model batch price listed on the pricing page.

Fireworks AI

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

Model ID

“app.fireworks.ai/models/fireworks/deepseek-v4p1-flash”
docs.fireworks.ai

Variant

“DeepSeek V4.1 Flash $0.30 / $0.006 / $1.20 $0.375 / $0.0075 / $1.50”
docs.fireworks.ai

Input, Output, Cached input

“DeepSeek V4.1 Flash $0.30 / $0.006 / $1.20”
docs.fireworks.ai

Input column, Output column, Cached input column

“prices are input / cached input / output (USD per 1M tokens), in that order”
docs.fireworks.ai

Status

“In each Standard or Priority cell, prices are input / cached input / output (USD per 1M tokens), in that order”
docs.fireworks.ai

Not stated

  • Batch: No per-model batch price listed; the page states batch inference is billed at 50% of serverless pricing.
  • Context served: Served context length not stated on the pages used.
  • Quantization: Quantization not stated on the pages used.

Source notes: Priority tier listed at $0.375 / $0.0075 / $1.50. Separate rows exist for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (US) at higher prices and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017; not merged here.

Baseten

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

Model ID, Context served

“DeepSeek V4.1 Flash deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash 1048k 262k”
docs.baseten.co

Variant, Input, Output, Cached input

“DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek V4.1 Flash $0.30 $0.30 $0.007 $0.007 $1.20”
baseten.co

Input column, Output column, Cached input column

“Price per 1M tokens Model Input Cache Input Output”
baseten.co

Status

“Model APIs Instant access to pre-optimized models running on the Baseten Inference Stack.”
baseten.co

Not stated

  • Batch: No per-model batch price listed on the pricing page.
  • Quantization: Quantization not stated on the pages used.

Source notes: Baseten also sells DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Fast (recorded separately) and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 at $0.30 / $0.007 / $1.20.

Novita

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

Model ID

“DeepSeek V4.1 Flash deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash”
novita.ai

Variant, Input, Output, Cached input

“DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1M $0.3 /Mt· Cache Read$0.006 /Mt $1.2 /Mt”
novita.ai

Context served

“DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1M $0.3”
novita.ai

Quantization

“Provider DeepSeek Quantization fp8”
novita.ai

Not stated

  • Batch: No per-model batch price listed; the pricing page states batch inference is at an introductory 50% discount for supported models.
  • Status: No availability tier or release-stage label stated for this offer on the pages used.

Google Vertex AI (Agent Platform MaaS)

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash

Model ID

“Deepseek's models Show discount options Model Type Price /1M (USD) DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash Input $0.30 Output $1.20 Cache Hit $0.03”
cloud.google.com

Variant, Input, Output, Cached input

“DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash Input $0.30 Output $1.20 Cache Hit $0.03”
cloud.google.com

Status

“Partner models on Agent Platform”
cloud.google.com

Not stated

  • Batch: No batch price listed for this model (other DeepSeek rows on the page do list batch prices).
  • Context served: Served context length not stated on the pages used.
  • Quantization: Quantization not stated on the pages used.

Alibaba Cloud Model Studio

deepseek-v4.1-flash

Model ID, Output

“deepseek-v4.1-flash > context caching discount International Busy hours: $0.3 Idle hours: $0.15 Busy hours: $1.2 Idle hours: $0.6”
alibabacloud.com

Variant, Status

“deepseek-v4.1-flash > context caching discount International Busy hours: $0.3”
alibabacloud.com

Input

“deepseek-v4.1-flash > context caching discount International Busy hours: $0.3 Idle hours: $0.15”
alibabacloud.com
  • Busy-hour price. Idle hours $0.15.

Not stated

  • Cached input: Row links to a context caching discount but lists no cached-input price.
  • Batch: No per-model batch price listed on the pricing page.
  • Context served: Served context length not stated on the pages used.
  • Quantization: Quantization not stated on the pages used.

Azure AI Foundry (Fireworks on Foundry)

FW DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

Model ID, Output

“FW DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Global Input: $0.375/1M Tokens Cached Input: $0.008/1M Tokens Output: $1.50/1M Tokens”
azure.microsoft.com

Variant, Input, Status

“FW DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Global Input: $0.375/1M Tokens”
azure.microsoft.com

Cached input

“FW DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Global Input: $0.375/1M Tokens Cached Input: $0.008/1M Tokens”
azure.microsoft.com

Not stated

  • Batch: No per-model batch price listed on the pricing page.
  • Context served: Served context length not stated on the pages used.
  • Quantization: Quantization not stated on the pages used.

Baseten

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Fast

Model ID, Context served

“DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Fast deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-Fast 1048k 131k”
docs.baseten.co

Variant, Input, Output, Cached input

“DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Fast DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Fast $0.60 $0.60 $0.014 $0.014 $2.40”
baseten.co

Input column, Output column, Cached input column

“Price per 1M tokens Model Input Cache Input Output”
baseten.co

Status

“Model APIs Instant access to pre-optimized models running on the Baseten Inference Stack.”
baseten.co

Not stated

  • Batch: No per-model batch price listed on the pricing page.
  • Quantization: Quantization not stated on the pages used.

Source notes: Docs: "Fast variants use the same weights as their base models with dedicated capacity for higher sustained throughput."

Coverage

Not listed on the pages read

  • Fireworks AI: only the headline-model price table is covered; models outside it fall under size-based pricing and are not listed on the pages read.
  • Cerebras: the pay-as-you-go Developer tier lists only GPT OSS 120B and Qwen 3.8 27B; other models are Dedicated Inference by quote.
  • Cloudflare Workers AI: no Kimi K3, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Gemma 4 31B, MiniMax-M3 or Nemotron 3.5 rows on the pages read.
  • Fireworks AI says batch inference is billed at 50% of serverless pricing, with no per-model batch figure.
  • Novita says batch inference is at an introductory 50% discount for supported models, with no per-model batch prices.
  • Together AI shows a Batch API price toggle but lists no per-model batch figures.

Alternatives

Run DeepSeek V4.1 Flash yourself, or compare its first-party API

FAQ

How much does the DeepSeek V4.1 Flash API cost?

Listed input prices run from $0.14 to $0.60 per 1M input tokens across 10 offers on October 18, 2026, and output from $0.42 to $2.40 per 1M output tokens. The lowest listed input price is at DeepInfra (DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash), card shows 30% off. First-party: DeepSeek at $0.30 input, peak-hour price.

Which providers serve DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?

DeepSeek, Together AI, Fireworks AI, DeepInfra, Baseten, Novita AI, Google Vertex AI, Azure AI Foundry and Alibaba Cloud Model Studio. Baseten lists more than one build (a dated snapshot, a Fast or turbo build, or a second deployment); each is its own row on this page, under the provider's own model name.

Do all providers serve DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's full context window?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's native context is 1,000,000 tokens in our local-models data. No provider that states a served context lists one clearly below that. Not stated by 4 offers.

Is there a batch price for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?

No per-model batch price for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is listed on the pages read. Fireworks AI says batch inference is billed at 50% of serverless pricing, with no per-model batch figure. Novita says batch inference is at an introductory 50% discount for supported models, with no per-model batch prices. Together AI shows a Batch API price toggle but lists no per-model batch figures.

Sources

Last verified from each provider's own pages (11 sites). This is a directory of listed prices and what each provider states about the model it serves, not a benchmark. Prices change often; check the provider's page before you commit. Speed figures appear only where a provider states them, labelled Vendor-stated.

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Providers on this page: DeepSeek, Together AI, Fireworks AI, DeepInfra, Baseten, Novita AI, Google Vertex AI, Azure AI Foundry, Alibaba Cloud Model Studio.