DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash provider comparison

deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash

DeepSeek V4 Flash is an efficiency-optimized Mixture-of-Experts model from DeepSeek with 284B total parameters and 13B activated parameters, supporting a 1M-token context window. It is designed for fast inference and...

Endpoints:: 18
Context:: 1M
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Comparison winners

Based on 1,000 input and 500 output tokens using the latest published median speed data.

Best cost/speed trade-off

Baidu Qianfanbaidu/fp8

$0.1311 / 1M tokens

7.04 s estimated response

Cheapest

DeepInfradeepinfra/fp4

$0.12 / 1M tokens

$0.00018 for the sample request

Fastest

Baidu Qianfanbaidu/fp8

7.04 s estimated response

$0.1311 / 1M tokens

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Price and performance charts

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Effective price by endpoint

USD per 1 million tokens for input and output. Lower is better.

DeepInfra has the lowest estimated cost for 1,000 input and 500 output tokens at $0.00018.

Estimated cost vs. response time

Based on 1,000 input and 500 output tokens. Cost is shown in USD per 1 million tokens. Lower and further left is better; the single best cost/speed trade-off appears at full opacity.

18 providers have complete pricing and speed data. Baidu Qianfan is closest to the ideal combination of lowest cost and fastest response.

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Provider endpoints

Prompt and completion prices are effective USD per token as published by OpenRouter. Missing speed data never removes an endpoint.

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Endpoint comparison for DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash
Provider / route	Current pricing ↗	Speed measurements	Endpoint details
Provider / route DeepInfra`deepinfra/fp4` Cheapest	Current pricing Input price $0.09 / 1M tokens Output price $0.18 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00018	Speed measurements 500-token response 17.65 s Response starts 0.99 s Output speed 30.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.70% Context 1M Model format fp4 Max output 65.5K 18 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p
Provider / route StreamLake`streamlake/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $0.0966 / 1M tokens Output price $0.1932 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0001932 Discount 31.0%	Speed measurements 500-token response 15.19 s Response starts 2.04 s Output speed 38.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 98.44% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output 384K 14 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route GMICloud`gmicloud/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $0.098 / 1M tokens Output price $0.196 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.000196	Speed measurements 500-token response 15.76 s Response starts 2.94 s Output speed 39.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.38% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output N/a 10 parameters include_reasoning, max_tokens, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, seed, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_p
Provider / route Baidu Qianfan`baidu/fp8` FastestBest cost/speed trade-off	Current pricing Input price $0.0983 / 1M tokens Output price $0.1966 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0001966	Speed measurements 500-token response 7.04 s Response starts 0.63 s Output speed 78.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.67% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output 131.1K 11 parameters include_reasoning, max_tokens, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_p
Provider / route DigitalOcean`digitalocean`	Current pricing Input price $0.112 / 1M tokens Output price $0.224 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.000224	Speed measurements 500-token response 34.69 s Response starts 1.36 s Output speed 15.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 98.52% Context 65.5K Model format unknown Max output N/a 12 parameters include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route SiliconFlow`siliconflow/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $0.13 / 1M tokens Output price $0.28 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00027	Speed measurements 500-token response 13.34 s Response starts 1.71 s Output speed 43.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.76% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output 393.2K 11 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p
Provider / route Alibaba Cloud Int.`alibaba`	Current pricing Input price $0.134 / 1M tokens Output price $0.268 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.000268 Discount 33.0%	Speed measurements 500-token response 13.84 s Response starts 1.65 s Output speed 41.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.64% Context 1M Model format unknown Max output 393.2K 12 parameters include_reasoning, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, seed, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_p
Provider / route Venice`venice`	Current pricing Input price $0.138 / 1M tokens Output price $0.275 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0002755	Speed measurements 500-token response 20.84 s Response starts 2.32 s Output speed 27.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.37% Context 1M Model format unknown Max output 32.8K 14 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p
Provider / route Morph`morph`	Current pricing Input price $0.139 / 1M tokens Output price $0.278 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.000278	Speed measurements 500-token response 16.79 s Response starts 1.16 s Output speed 32.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 95.25% Context 1M Model format unknown Max output 1M 20 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, logprobs, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route Parasail`parasail/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $0.14 / 1M tokens Output price $0.28 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00028	Speed measurements 500-token response 12.80 s Response starts 0.60 s Output speed 41.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 98.74% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output 1M 19 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, logprobs, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route Fireworks`fireworks`	Current pricing Input price $0.14 / 1M tokens Output price $0.28 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00028	Speed measurements 500-token response 8.55 s Response starts 0.85 s Output speed 65.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 98.49% Context 1M Model format unknown Max output N/a 18 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, logprobs, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route NovitaAI`novita/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $0.14 / 1M tokens Output price $0.28 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00028	Speed measurements 500-token response 12.43 s Response starts 1.31 s Output speed 45.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.97% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output 393.2K 15 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p
Provider / route Weights & Biases`wandb/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $0.14 / 1M tokens Output price $0.28 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00028	Speed measurements 500-token response 15.72 s Response starts 0.57 s Output speed 33.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.79% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output 1M 18 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route AkashML`akashml/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $0.14 / 1M tokens Output price $0.28 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00028	Speed measurements 500-token response 39.28 s Response starts 0.82 s Output speed 13.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.74% Context 131.1K Model format fp8 Max output 131.1K 18 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route AtlasCloud`atlas-cloud/fp4`	Current pricing Input price $0.14 / 1M tokens Output price $0.28 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00028	Speed measurements 500-token response 47.21 s Response starts 1.76 s Output speed 11.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.91% Context 1M Model format fp4 Max output 393.2K 18 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p
Provider / route DeepSeek`deepseek`	Current pricing Input price $0.14 / 1M tokens Output price $0.28 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00028	Speed measurements 500-token response 7.82 s Response starts 0.88 s Output speed 72.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.95% Context 1M Model format unknown Max output 384K 14 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, stop, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route NextBit`nextbit/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $0.18 / 1M tokens Output price $0.35 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.000355	Speed measurements 500-token response 22.31 s Response starts 1.48 s Output speed 24.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 98.10% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output N/a 17 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route io.net`io-net/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $0.25 / 1M tokens Output price $0.399 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0004495	Speed measurements 500-token response 64.86 s Response starts 2.37 s Output speed 8.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.97% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output 65.5K 13 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, seed, stop, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p

Endpoint data fetched Jul 15, 2026, 11:20 PM UTC.

DeepSeek V4 Flash deployment guide

How to choose a DeepSeek V4 Flash inference provider

DeepSeek V4 Flash is indexed here as a text model by DeepSeek, with 18 provider endpoints from DeepInfra, StreamLake, GMICloud, Baidu Qianfan, DigitalOcean, and others. The comparison preserves each exact OpenRouter routing tag so pricing and performance observations can be connected to the route an application would actually request.

Match the endpoint to the workload

The model publishes a 1M-token context window. It accepts text input and returns text output. 20 distinct supported parameters appear across the listed routes. Confirm limits on the specific endpoint rather than assuming every host exposes the same configuration.

Compare the real request economics

DeepInfra currently has the lowest estimated cost for the standard 1,000-input/500-output-token sample at $0.00018. Input-heavy and output-heavy applications can produce a different result, so review both per-million-token prices in the endpoint table.

Balance response start and generation speed

Baidu Qianfan currently has the shortest estimated 500-token response at 7.04 seconds. Baidu Qianfan is the single endpoint closest to the current ideal cost/speed combination. Recent observations can change, so validate finalists with your own prompts.