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DeepSeek slashes V4-Pro prices 75% — now permanent (was promo through May 5)

Eight days after V4 Pro shipped, DeepSeek announced a 75% promotional cut on V4-Pro: input drops from $1.74 to $0.435 per million tokens, output from $3.48 to $0.87. Cache-hit input charges fall 90% across the entire DeepSeek API. Update May 22-25, 2026: the 75% cut is now PERMANENT — DeepSeek confirmed the discounted rates will not roll back after the originally-planned May 31 expiry.