DeepSeek route
deepseek-v4-pro
DeepSeek V4 Pro API pricing.
One OpenAI-compatible route at the vendor list price with 0% markup, billed per token from one prepaid balance. No subscription required.
Input / 1M tokens
$0.43
Output / 1M tokens
$0.87
Context window
1M
Provider
DeepSeek
Workload calculator
Put the token rate into context.
These examples apply the published input and output rates directly. Actual cost follows the exact tokens your client sends and the model returns.
This route is the 10th cheapest of 39 comparable text models and cheaper than 29 on the same key. Its context window ranks 14th of 39.
Short request
$0.0052
10K input + 1K output
Agent turn
$0.052
100K input + 10K output
Exact token billing
No request minimum
One model ID change
OpenAI compatible
Cost neighbourhood
Nearby routes, same workload.
Every comparison uses the same 100K-input / 10K-output turn. Changing route is a one-line model ID edit.
Price does not measure task quality. Check DeepSeek V4 Pro benchmark evidence before optimizing on cost alone.
First request
Route it in one call.
Use any OpenAI SDK or tool. Keep the request shape, point the base URL at RouterPlex, and set the model ID shown here.
Read the quickstartcurl https://api.routerplex.com/v1/chat/completions \-H "Authorization: Bearer $ROUTERPLEX_API_KEY" \-H "Content-Type: application/json" \-d '{"model": "deepseek-v4-pro","messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]}'
Route notes
Questions before production traffic.
01How much does the DeepSeek V4 Pro API cost?+
Through RouterPlex, DeepSeek V4 Pro costs $0.43 per 1M input tokens and $0.87 per 1M output tokens — the vendor list price with 0% markup, billed per token from a prepaid balance you top up from $5.
02What does one DeepSeek V4 Pro agent turn cost?+
A 100K-token input with a 10K-token reply costs about $0.052 on DeepSeek V4 Pro. That makes it the 10th cheapest of 39 comparable text models on RouterPlex, roughly 4.8× the cost of the cheapest option (DeepSeek V4 Flash).
03What is a cheaper alternative to DeepSeek V4 Pro?+
Qwen3.7 Plus from Alibaba is the closest cheaper model on RouterPlex — $0.045 per agent turn against $0.052 for DeepSeek V4 Pro, at $0.32/1M input and $1.28/1M output. Both run on the same key and the same endpoint, so switching is a one-line model ID change.
04Is DeepSeek V4 Pro cheaper than MiMo V2.5 Pro?+
Yes. Per agent turn, DeepSeek V4 Pro costs about $0.052 against $0.053 for MiMo V2.5 Pro — 1% less.
05What is the context window of DeepSeek V4 Pro?+
DeepSeek V4 Pro supports a 1M token context window on RouterPlex, the 14th largest of the 39 models that publish one.
06Can I use DeepSeek V4 Pro with the OpenAI SDK?+
Yes. RouterPlex serves DeepSeek V4 Pro through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint at https://api.routerplex.com/v1 — point any OpenAI SDK or tool at that base URL with your RouterPlex key and set model to "deepseek-v4-pro".
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