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DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp

Listed API prices of DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 and DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp turned into the cost of the same three standard tasks. Output quality, speed and answer length are not compared.

Calculated impact cost per task and per month

For an L2 task (deep analysis over a 50,000-token document, 3 steps), DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 costs $0.0078 and DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp $0.074 at the prices listed in the United States on , so DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 is 89.4 % less than DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp, counting visible output only, without cache discounts or hidden reasoning.

TaskDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731, per taskDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp, per taskDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731, per monthDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp, per monthDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp, per task
L1Micro-task (classification or strict JSON extraction)$0.0001per L1 task$0.0009per L1 task$1.83per month$13.49per month−86.5 %
L2Deep analysis over a 50,000-token document$0.0078per L2 task$0.074per L2 task$113.89per month$1,079.23per month−89.4 %
L3Agentic coding loop, 15 steps$0.060per L3 task$0.591per L3 task$872.97per month$8,624.22per month−89.9 %

Calculated Per month: 20 tasks an hour around the clock, 730 hours.

Prices USD per 1M tokens

PriceDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
Input, per 1M tokens$0.043$0.440
Output, per 1M tokens$0.300$1.32
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Price changes in the last 30 days

  • The listed price of DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 changed on on OpenRouter: input $0.02 → $0.44, output $1.28 → $1.32 per 1M tokens.
  • The listed price of DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 changed on on OpenRouter: input $0.44 → $0.12, output $1.32 → $0.24 per 1M tokens.
  • The listed price of DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 changed on on OpenRouter: input $0.12 → $0.06, output $0.24 → $0.30 per 1M tokens.
  • The listed price of DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 changed on on OpenRouter: input $0.06 → $0.04 per 1M tokens.
  • The listed price of DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp changed on on OpenRouter: input $0.22 → $0.44, output $0.65 → $1.32 per 1M tokens. Briefing

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