DeepSeek
last releaseApril 24, 2026
powered byDeepSeek V4 Pro, DeepSeek V4 Flash, DeepSeek R1
goblin vibe check:
worth self-hosting if you want gpt-4-level code help without the bill and you're okay doing your own trust math
chinese open-source llm that shocked the market with gpt-4 quality at a fraction of the cost. mit license on weights. v3.2 is the go-to open model for agentic workloads. best price/performance for code reasoning. geopolitical trust concerns for enterprise/government use.
context
64k
tokens
cost
$0.28
per 1M in
DeepSeek V4 adds newer pro and flash api tiers on top of the open familytool use is supported in both thinking and non-thinking modes on the modern api stack128K context stays available on the hosted apipricing remains notably aggressive relative to frontier closed models
key features
DeepSeek V4 adds newer pro and flash api tiers on top of the open familytool use is supported in both thinking and non-thinking modes on the modern api stack128K context stays available on the hosted apipricing remains notably aggressive relative to frontier closed models
spec & usage
api changelog shows V4-Pro and V4-Flash going live on Apr 24, 2026
deepseek-chat and deepseek-reasoner now map onto the newer api model stack
scope:
codelanguagechatbotapilocalcloudbenchmark-strongopen-sourcepaid
launchNovember 2, 2023
last releaseApril 24, 2026