Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has slashed the pricing of its latest models, intensifying competition within the rapidly expanding AI services market. The company announced that its recently launched V4-Pro model will be offered at a 75% discount until May 5, extending an aggressive promotional campaign that began shortly after the model's introduction earlier this month. These reductions have escalated the pricing war in the AI space, even as computing power costs continue to exert pressure on AI developers and tech majors.
But what exactly is the pricing for DeepSeek V4-Pro post-discount, and how does it compare with rival models like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, and Perplexity Pro? Here's an up-close look.
DeepSeek V4-Pro Price Comparison With OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, Perplexity Pro
DeepSeek's V4-Pro Price: DeepSeek's cut brings the V4-Pro price of input tokens down from around $0.01 per million tokens to a bare bones $0.003, with output pricing at $0.87. The V4 Flash model has been reduced from $0.028 to $0.0028 (input) and $0.28 (output). This positions the DeepSeek V4 as one of the most affordable options among current AI models.
Price Comparison With OpenAI GPT-5.5 Pro: For comparison, the input price of OpenAI's newly launched GPT-5.5 Pro stands at approximately $5 per million tokens and $30 per million output tokens.
Price Comparison With Anthropic Claude Opus 4.7: The comparable prices for Anthropic's latest AI model — Claude Opus 4.7 — are higher as well: $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens.
Price Comparison With Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro: Google' Gemini 3.1 Pro — another rival AI model — is priced at $2 per million input tokens and $12 per million output tokens.
Price Comparison With Perplexity Pro: Perplexity Pro subscriptions start at $17 per month, which allows users to select between Gemini 3.1 Pro, Sonar 2, Claude Sonnet 4.6, and other models.
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