LaunchpadHQ
Discover/International & Regional AI/DeepSeek

DeepSeek

by DeepSeek

SaveOpen DeepSeek

The Launchpad take

Verdict

Chat app and API from a China-based company., hosted service processes data in China — review before sending sensitive or business inputs. Open weights can be run locally so data stays on your machine. Official API pricing (deepseek-flash / DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash): $0.30 input (cache miss) / $1.20 output per 1M tokens at peak; off-peak is half. V4-Pro: $1.32 in / $3.96 out at peak. Context 1M tokens. Peak hours 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC on weekdays. Free consumer chat-app limits are unverified.

Casual chat without sensitive data; cheap API inference for developers; local/open-weights self-hosting

Best for

budget-conscious developerscasual chat users

Quick facts

Free tier
Free consumer chat app; exact daily/monthly limits unverified
Starting price
Free, from $0.30/$1.20 per 1M tokens in/out
Platforms
Web, Mobile, Harness Desktop
Company
DeepSeek
Ready to try DeepSeek? Start with the getting-started guide.

Pricing

PlanPriceKey limits
API deepseek-flash peak$0.30/$1.20 per 1M tokens in/outoff-peak half
V4-Pro peak$1.32/$3.96
FreeFreechat app limits unverified

Key capabilities

Works with

  • text

Outputs

  • text

API pricing

Per 1M tokens at peak rate (off-peak is half). Flash: input $0.30 (cache miss) / $0.006 (cache hit); output $1.20. V4-Pro: input $1.32 (cache miss) / $0.044 (cache hit); output $3.96. Context window 1M. Search and Fetch tool APIs (added 2026-10-17): $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests each.

Search API guide: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/guides/search/

Get it

How to use DeepSeek on phones and tablets.

  • Mobile web: Works in a mobile browser (responsive or dedicated mobile site).

Technical details

Offline
Yes
API
Yes
Languages
Not listed
Difficulty
Beginner-friendly
Privacy
Low

What changed

  • 2026-10-17 · models — V4.1 Flash upgraded to DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 (api-docs changelog 2026-10-17); API id deepseek-flash and pricing unchanged.
  • 2026-10-14 · models — V4-Pro sourced from API pricing. Dropped inferred consumer-app free tier.

Models

Last verified Oct 17, 2026. Figures that could not be confirmed on an official vendor page are marked unverified — we do not guess.

Full DeepSeek comparison

Which one should I use?

  • API: use deepseek-flash (DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017) for most work. It is cheaper, has vision, and is the name DeepSeek currently documents as the Flash model.
  • Use deepseek-v4-pro when you want the Pro checkpoint. DeepSeek says it will keep serving V4 Pro after 14 Sep 2026 with the same billing until further notice.
  • Consumer chat-app daily limits are unverified on the API docs. Hosted DeepSeek processes data in China — see the catalog privacy note.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

Current
Context
1M
Max output
384K
API input / 1M
$0.15 / 1M
API output / 1M
$0.6 / 1M

Best for: Budget API use and anyone comparing open-weight / China-hosted options, after reading the privacy note.

API is pay-as-you-go. Free consumer chat-app limits were not listed on the API pricing page.

Source: Models & pricing

DeepSeek V4 Pro

Current
Context
1M
Max output
384K
API input / 1M
$0.66 / 1M
API output / 1M
$1.98 / 1M

Best for: API jobs where you specifically want the Pro checkpoint.

API is pay-as-you-go. Consumer chat-app mapping was not listed on the API pricing page.

Source: Models & pricing
Sources & notes(3)
  • Checked 2026-10-13 (from catalog copy)
  • Some catalog figures are marked unverified.

Related in International & Regional AI

Tutorials

Models