DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: API pricing, context window and capabilities

Prices from official vendor price lists · October 2026

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs $0.3 per 1M input tokens and $1.2 per 1M output tokens, with a 1M context window. One of the cheapest models here — below 63% of the rating on output price. Suited to high volume, where a wrong answer is cheap to retry.

Capabilities
Text & chatVisionReasoning
API $/1M (in / out)
$0.3 / $1.2
Context window
1M tokens
Price / mo
API only

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is an AI model from DeepSeek, priced at $0.3 input and $1.2 output per 1M tokens. That places it in the budget tier of this rating — cheaper than 63% of the 205 priced models listed.

It holds 1M tokens in a single conversation, enough for a full codebase or a contract bundle in one pass. Capabilities recorded in this rating: text & chat, vision, reasoning, adjustable thinking, tool calling. Access is through the API rather than a consumer subscription.

API price$0.3 / $1.2per 1M tokens, in / out
Context1M tokenstokens per conversation
VendorDeepSeekall models from this vendor
TierBudgetcheaper than 63% of models

Cost calculator

Standard$0.97AED 4 per month
With batch −50%$0.49AED 2 per month
With caching on input$0.91AED 3 per month
Standard$9.75AED 36 per month
With batch −50%$4.87AED 18 per month
With caching on input$9.07AED 33 per month
Standard$48.75AED 179 per month
With batch −50%$24.37AED 90 per month
With caching on input$45.37AED 167 per month
Standard$195AED 716 per month
With batch −50%$97.50AED 358 per month
With caching on input$181AED 667 per month

Assumes a 1:3 input-to-output ratio, which is typical for chat and generation. Dirham figures use 3.6725 per dollar. Batch and caching discounts apply where the vendor offers them.

Compared with alternatives

Good and poor fit

Good fit
  • Multi-step analysis, planning and code review, where the first plausible answer is often wrong.
  • Reading screenshots, charts, scanned documents and photos.
  • Whole codebases, contract bundles and long transcripts in a single pass.

Related filters

Text & chat234 models for text generation and chat
Vision159 models that read images
Reasoning175 models that think before answering
Adjustable thinking85 models with a reasoning depth dial
Tool calling172 models that call your functions
DeepSeek9 models from this vendor
All 245 modelsThe full rating with filters and prices

Frequently asked questions

How much does DeepSeek V4.1 Flash cost?

$0.3 / $1.2 per 1M tokens, input and output. In dirhams that is roughly AED 1.10 per 1M input tokens. Batch processing halves it where the vendor offers it.

What is the context window of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?

1M tokens in a single conversation.

What can DeepSeek V4.1 Flash do?

In this rating it is recorded with: text & chat, vision, reasoning, adjustable thinking, tool calling, structured JSON output, long context 1M+, prompt caching, multilingual, open weights.

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash a good choice?

It depends on the job. See the good-fit and poor-fit lists above, and compare against the neighbouring models before committing.

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