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DeepSeek API to charge weekend usage at off-peak rates all day
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News EditorDeepSeek’s API open platform will update its peak and off-peak billing rules starting at 00:00 on Sunday, August 23, 2026. Under the new setup, Saturday and Sunday will no longer be split into peak and off-peak windows, and all weekend usage will be billed at the off-peak rate. Fees incurred before the new rule takes effect will still be settled under the existing standard. The company had previously used a two-tier pricing model, with peak-hour rates set at twice the off-peak price and deepseek-v4-pro output reaching as high as RMB 27 per million tokens during peak hours.
DeepSeek’s API open platform will revise its peak-and-off-peak billing rules at 00:00 on Sunday, August 23, 2026.
According to a report from 科创板日报, Saturday and Sunday will no longer be divided into peak and off-peak periods. Usage across both days will be charged uniformly at the off-peak rate.
Fees generated before the new rule takes effect will still be settled under the old pricing standard.
DeepSeek had previously announced an API price adjustment based on peak and off-peak periods. Under that model, peak-hour pricing was twice the off-peak rate.
For deepseek-v4-pro, peak-hour output pricing for one million tokens reached as high as RMB 27. The peak windows were set at Beijing time 9:00-12:00 and 14:00-18:00, with the remaining hours treated as off-peak.
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