DeepSeek makes the V4 Pro price discount permanent
DeepSeek announced on May 22, 2026, that the promotional pricing for its V4 Pro model, previously offered as a limited-time discount, is now permanent. The V4 Pro, which provides enhanced reasoning capabilities and faster inference, will cost $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens. This represents a 90% reduction in input costs and an 87.5% reduction in output costs compared to the standard V4 model pricing of $1.50 per million input tokens and $4.80 per million output tokens. The price change is effective immediately for all API users, with no action required to receive the new rates. DeepSeek's API documentation states that the V4 Pro maintains the same context window and features as the standard V4, but with improved performance for complex tasks. This move is likely to increase adoption of the V4 Pro among developers who were previously deterred by the higher costs.
Permanent 90% price cut makes advanced AI reasoning affordable for production use.