DeepSeek API · live peak pricing

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One glance tells you whether DeepSeek is in peak hours right now, what it costs, and the best moment to send your next request.

Peak hours across the UTC day

Every day, all year. Peak runs Monday to Friday, excluding Chinese public holidays; weekends and holidays are off-peak in full.

50%

Off-peak tokens cost half of the peak rate. Same API, same model — just a different clock.

The rules combine three moving parts. Miss one and you quietly overpay.

Peak is 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC. Your local clock shows something else, so the window rarely matches your workday.

Weekends are always off-peak. But the weekend is a different set of days depending on where in the world you are counting.

Holidays follow the lunar calendar and are reshuffled every year. On those days the whole day is off-peak — if you remember to check.

USD per 1M tokens. Off-peak is exactly half of peak.

Model	Tokens	Off-peak	Peak

Source: DeepSeek API — Models & Pricing · rules effective from 2026-01-01

Prices and peak rules are versioned data with a date, not magic constants. The holiday calendar is updated per year.

DeepSeek can change prices and rules at any time. This site is an independent, open-source helper — always confirm on the official page.

Page updated: 2026-01-01

Roadmap

The same live peak status — always a glance away, even when the browser is closed.

A menu-bar companion with a live status dot and quick countdown.

Soon

A tray widget that turns amber the moment peak hours begin.

Soon

Home-screen widget and a heads-up before you send a request.

Soon

Want another platform? The domain logic is already shared, so iOS and Linux are a small step away.

Route around the peak

Official pricing API status