DeepSeek V4 Peak Valley Pricing Change

bel8•about 2 hours ago

So DeepSeek v4 will cost 2x between 9:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 18:00, Beijing Time.

This is UTC+8 so to get cheaper DeepSeek:

- in London (BST / UTC+1): 11:00 to 02:00, and 05:00 to 07:00.

- in NY (EDT / UTC-4): 06:00 to 21:00, and 00:00 to 02:00.

- in California (PDT / UTC-7): 03:00 to 18:00, and 21:00 to 23:00.

Subscription plans like OpenCode Go might not even pass down this 2x cost since most customers are EU/US.

CharlesW•about 1 hour ago

> in California (PDT / UTC-7): 03:00 to 18:00, and 21:00 to 23:00.

I think that’s incorrect. For California (PDT), 2X pricing will be in effect from 6–9pm and 11pm–3am. During PST, the CA windows will be 5–8pm and 10pm–2am.

NooneAtAll3•about 1 hour ago

> 2X pricing will be in effect from 6–9pm and 11pm–3am

that's why cheaper price is 03-18 and 21-23, aka 3am-6pm,9pm-11pm

stavros•about 1 hour ago

I don't understand, you say that Deepseek will be more expensive for seven hours a day and then give five hours a day where it's cheaper in London.

drcongo•about 1 hour ago

11:00 to 02:00, and 05:00 to 07:00 is 17 hours right?

stavros•about 1 hour ago

Ahh I'm very sleep deprived, thanks. Parsed 02:00 as 14:00.

0-_-0•about 1 hour ago

That math makes no sense

throwitaway222•20 minutes ago

Yall trust LLM providers sweeping up keys and passwords? Sometimes you have a little .env file or config files in your repos that are not checked in... LLMs like to read that stuff and send it in. I don't trust any of the LLM providers, but less so the ones seated in China.

egeozcan•about 1 hour ago

For Berlin time (Germany, UTC+2, CEST), the 2x cost period is 03:00 - 06:00, and 08:00 - 12:00.

08:00 - 12:00 would have really hurt if prices were not ridiculously low to begin with.

kiproping•29 minutes ago

I have not seen the official deepseek communication to this effect.

phainopepla2•26 minutes ago

I got an email from them with this information approximately six hours ago.

There is also a banner about the price change on their API platform site, at least for me

polshaw•about 1 hour ago

Content restricted in the UK

DeepSeek V4 Peak Valley Pricing Change

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