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Open-weights MIT model with a rock-bottom official API price. Pricing, the evidence and the alternatives, checked Oct 2026.
Open weights on Hugging Face, MIT. 552B total / 16B active. Open weights, but needs a server (552B parameters).
Open-weights MIT model with a rock-bottom official API price.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: Open-weights MIT model with a rock-bottom official API price. Best for cheap, fast everyday chat and coding; 1m context with vision. Watch out for: 552b total parameters, so "open" means a server, not a laptop; peak-hour api prices double. Price: $0.15 in / $0.6 out per 1M tokens (no free tier, checked Oct 2026).
| Free tier | Free weights to self-host |
|---|---|
| Job in a stack | AI model, open-weights model |
| Cheapest paid plan | API: $0.15 in / $0.6 out per 1M tokens |
| Price checked | 2026-10-15, verified |
Whole scores from 1 to 5, mapped from the source shown. “Not rated” means we found no public benchmark for that job; “not supported” means the model can’t do it. How the bars are scored.
| Plan | Price | Billing | Key limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| API, per 1M tokens | Per token | $0.15 input / $0.6 output per 1M tokens; off-peak; peak hours (weekday UTC 01–04, 06–10) double | Blended about $0.26 per 1M tokens (3 parts input to 1 part output) |
From api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing/, checked 2026-10-15, verified. Prices are before tax and vendors change them often.
| Type | Source | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| benchmark | LMArena Text | #38 (deepseek-v4.1-flash-max) | 2026-10-15 |
| benchmark | LMArena Coding | #29 (deepseek-v4.1-flash-max) | 2026-10-15 |
| benchmark | LMArena Creative Writing | #58 (deepseek-v4.1-flash-max) | 2026-10-15 |
| benchmark | Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | 39 (DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (max)) | 2026-10-15 |
| adoption | Hugging Face downloads | 1,238,583 downloads last month; license MIT | 2026-10-15 |
Our scores: quality 3.73/5, ease 3/5, value 5/5. Editorial start 4/3; benchmark adjustment -0.27, rating adjustment +0. How we rank.
No free tier. Cheapest paid plan: $0.15 in / $0.6 out per 1M tokens (checked Oct 2026).
Cheap, fast everyday chat and coding; 1M context with vision.
552B total parameters, so "open" means a server, not a laptop; peak-hour API prices double.