DeepSeek makes its DeepSeek-V4-Pro discount permanent

Melvin Vivas · X post · 2026-05-23 · Open on X

Topics: LLM Fundamentals, Industry Trends & Job Market · Level: beginner

Summary

A reaction to DeepSeek announcing that its discounted API pricing for DeepSeek-V4-Pro is now permanent. This matters when you compare models on cost for your projects.

Key points

• DeepSeek made its discounted DeepSeek-V4-Pro pricing permanent.
• Cheap frontier-class models are worth including when you compare models on cost.

Resources mentioned

• DeepSeek · tool · deepseek.com · free
  Open-weight large language models from DeepSeek, known for strong reasoning and coding at low cost.
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