DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro provider comparison

deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro

DeepSeek V4 Pro is a large-scale Mixture-of-Experts model from DeepSeek with 1.6T total parameters and 49B activated parameters, supporting a 1M-token context window. It is designed for advanced reasoning, coding,...

Endpoints:: 16
Context:: 1M
Input:: text
Output:: text

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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

DeepSeekdeepseek

$0.58 / 1M tokens

10.95 s estimated response

Cheapest

DeepSeekdeepseek

$0.58 / 1M tokens

$0.00087 for the sample request

Fastest

Basetenbaseten/fp4

9.86 s estimated response

$2.32 / 1M tokens

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Price and performance charts

Compare published endpoint pricing and estimated response time visually.

Effective price by endpoint

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

DeepSeek has the lowest estimated cost for 1,000 input and 500 output tokens at $0.00087.

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.

15 providers have complete pricing and speed data. DeepSeek 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 Pro
Provider / route	Current pricing ↗	Speed measurements	Endpoint details
Provider / route DeepSeek`deepseek` CheapestBest cost/speed trade-off	Current pricing Input price $0.435 / 1M tokens Output price $0.87 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00087	Speed measurements 500-token response 10.95 s Response starts 1.33 s Output speed 52.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.94% 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 StreamLake`streamlake/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $0.7134 / 1M tokens Output price $1.43 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0014268 Discount 59.0%	Speed measurements 500-token response 21.61 s Response starts 2.38 s Output speed 26.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 98.46% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output 384K 13 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, stop, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route Baidu Qianfan`baidu/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $0.7453 / 1M tokens Output price $1.49 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00149058 Discount 55.9%	Speed measurements 500-token response 19.11 s Response starts 0.59 s Output speed 27.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.44% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output 393.2K 11 parameters include_reasoning, max_tokens, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_p
Provider / route GMICloud`gmicloud/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $1.13 / 1M tokens Output price $2.26 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.002262	Speed measurements 500-token response 12.62 s Response starts 2.62 s Output speed 50.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 97.91% 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 NovitaAI`novita/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $1.17 / 1M tokens Output price $2.34 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.002336 Discount 27.0%	Speed measurements 500-token response 14.35 s Response starts 1.53 s Output speed 39.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.55% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output 393.2K 17 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route DeepInfra`deepinfra/fp4`	Current pricing Input price $1.3 / 1M tokens Output price $2.6 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0026	Speed measurements 500-token response 24.60 s Response starts 0.79 s Output speed 21.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 98.71% Context 1M Model format fp4 Max output 16.4K 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 DigitalOcean`digitalocean`	Current pricing Input price $1.39 / 1M tokens Output price $2.78 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.002784	Speed measurements 500-token response 15.58 s Response starts 0.43 s Output speed 33.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.90% Context 262.1K 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 Alibaba Cloud Int.`alibaba`	Current pricing Input price $1.42 / 1M tokens Output price $2.83 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.002832 Discount 41.0%	Speed measurements 500-token response 15.67 s Response starts 1.38 s Output speed 35.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.76% 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 SiliconFlow`siliconflow/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $1.5 / 1M tokens Output price $3.14 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00306912	Speed measurements 500-token response 14.31 s Response starts 1.15 s Output speed 38.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.98% 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 Venice`venice`	Current pricing Input price $1.65 / 1M tokens Output price $3.3 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0033005	Speed measurements 500-token response 19.55 s Response starts 2.31 s Output speed 29.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 98.98% 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 AtlasCloud`atlas-cloud/fp4`	Current pricing Input price $1.68 / 1M tokens Output price $3.38 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00337	Speed measurements 500-token response 73.59 s Response starts 2.16 s Output speed 7.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 98.27% 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 Baseten`baseten/fp4` Fastest	Current pricing Input price $1.74 / 1M tokens Output price $3.48 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00348	Speed measurements 500-token response 9.86 s Response starts 0.43 s Output speed 53.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.46% Context 262.1K Model format fp4 Max output 262.1K 11 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, stop, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_p
Provider / route Parasail`parasail/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $1.74 / 1M tokens Output price $3.48 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00348	Speed measurements 500-token response Insufficient recent data Response starts Insufficient recent data Output speed Insufficient recent data	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) Insufficient recent data 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 Weights & Biases`wandb/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $1.74 / 1M tokens Output price $3.48 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00348	Speed measurements 500-token response 126.43 s Response starts 1.43 s Output speed 4.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 95.23% 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 Together`together`	Current pricing Input price $1.74 / 1M tokens Output price $3.48 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00348	Speed measurements 500-token response 13.50 s Response starts 0.68 s Output speed 39.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 97.88% Context 512K Model format unknown Max output N/a 17 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p
Provider / route Fireworks`fireworks`	Current pricing Input price $1.74 / 1M tokens Output price $3.48 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00348	Speed measurements 500-token response 12.03 s Response starts 1.82 s Output speed 49.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 93.16% 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

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

DeepSeek V4 Pro deployment guide

How to choose a DeepSeek V4 Pro inference provider

DeepSeek V4 Pro is indexed here as a text model by DeepSeek, with 16 provider endpoints from DeepSeek, StreamLake, Baidu Qianfan, GMICloud, NovitaAI, 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

DeepSeek currently has the lowest estimated cost for the standard 1,000-input/500-output-token sample at $0.00087. 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

Baseten currently has the shortest estimated 500-token response at 9.86 seconds. DeepSeek is the single endpoint closest to the current ideal cost/speed combination. Recent observations can change, so validate finalists with your own prompts.