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Today it raised its own prices up to 1,100%.

“DeepSeek is raising API prices by up to 1,100% with a new peak/off-peak billing structure, effective August 16.”

DeepSeek (pricing page update, Aug 13-14), 13 August 2026

Recorded 16 August 2026. Our ruling means: we tried to break it and could not.

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6 receipts: 4 support the claim, 1 contradict it, 1 add context. 3 figures on the record, 1 traced to a quoted receipt.

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  1. 1Supports the claimapi-docs.deepseek.com ↗

    01:00 - 04:00 and 06:00 - 10:00 UTC (all other hours are off-peak)

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  2. 2Supports the claimfortune.com ↗

    DeepSeek increases prices for AI services by multiple times

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  3. 3Supports the claimengadget.com ↗

    DeepSeek's AI models are about to get four times pricier

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  4. 4Contextinfoworld.com ↗

    DeepSeek raises some V4 prices by more than 10x as AI demand strains capacity

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  5. 5Supports the claimcaixinglobal.com ↗

    raises API prices by as much as 1,100%

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  6. 6Contradicts the claimtheconversation.com ↗

    DeepSeek shatters beliefs about the cost of AI, leaving US tech giants reeling

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