deepseek-v4-flash — API, Pricing & Context Window | Vivgrid
deepseek-v4-flash — API, Pricing & Context Window
deepseek-v4-flash is the fast, ultra-affordable member of the DeepSeek V4 family. It keeps the line's standout 1M-token context window and 384K-token max output while pricing input and output tokens at a fraction of frontier models.
Vivgrid serves deepseek-v4-flash through its unified, OpenAI-compatible API, making it a compelling default for high-volume, cost-sensitive workloads.
Specifications
| Provider | DeepSeek |
| Model ID | deepseek-v4-flash |
| Best for | General-purpose |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Max output | 384,000 tokens |
| Modalities | Text |
| Tool / function calling | Yes |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2025-05 |
| Acceleration | 🌐 Global (Centralized) |
Pricing
Pricing in USD per 1M tokens, matching the provider's rates.
| Input | Cached input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| $0.15 | $0.03 | $0.28 |
Quick start
Call deepseek-v4-flash through Vivgrid's unified, OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Get an API key from the Vivgrid Console.
curl https://api.vivgrid.com/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $VIVGRID_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{\n "model": "deepseek-v4-flash",\n "messages": [\
{ "role": "user", "content": "Say hello in English, Chinese and Spanish." }\
],\n "stream": true\n }'\n```
## Ideal use cases
- Very high-volume, cost-sensitive agent traffic
- Long-context summarization and extraction
- Large-output generation at minimal cost
- First-pass steps in multi-model pipelines
## Related models
- [deepseek-v4-pro](/content/docs/models/deepseek-v4-pro/index.html) — the flagship V4 model
- [deepseek-v3.2](/content/docs/models/deepseek-v3.2) — prior-generation model
- [gpt-5.4-nano](/content/docs/models/gpt-5.4-nano/index.html) — comparable ultra-low-cost option