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Cheapest DeepSeek V4.1 Flash API providers

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is an open-weight model from DeepSeek. On OpenRouter, 39 listings from 31 providers sell it, and the blended price runs from $0.0887 to $0.788 per million tokens.

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ernd partners with Wafer. Prices are from OpenRouter's public listings.

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Cheapest and fastest

Cheapest
Baidu Qianfan
$0.0887 per 1M tokens blended
$0.0507 input, $0.203 output
Fastest
Together
217 tokens per second
$0.525 blended, 0.29 s to first token

Every provider

Provider Input /1M Output /1M Blended 3:1 Cache read /1M Context Quantization Latency Throughput With ernd card
Baidu Qianfan $0.0507 $0.203 $0.0887 $0.001 1.05M FP8 1.02 s 103 tok/s –
Morph $0.022 $0.40 $0.117 $0.004 1.05M FP8 0.71 s 73 tok/s –
Relace $0.006 $0.50 $0.13 $0.005 1.05M FP4 0.56 s 116 tok/s –
Alibaba Cloud Int. $0.075 $0.30 $0.131 $0.0075 1M Not listed 0.65 s 120 tok/s –
DeepInfra (Flex) Down when checked $0.112 $0.336 $0.168 $0.0034 1.05M FP8 2.16 s 64 tok/s –
Open Inference $0.03 $0.60 $0.172 $0.006 1.05M FP4 0.74 s 98 tok/s –
Wafer (US) ernd partner $0.051 $0.567 $0.18 $0.018 1.05M MXFP4 0.29 s 188 tok/s $0.162after 10% cash back
DeepInfra $0.14 $0.42 $0.21 $0.0042 1.05M FP8 0.64 s 90 tok/s –
inference.net $0.103 $0.60 $0.227 $0.008 1.04M FP8 0.27 s 107 tok/s –
inference.net (US) $0.103 $0.60 $0.227 $0.008 1.04M FP8 0.28 s 93 tok/s –
AtlasCloud $0.135 $0.54 $0.236 $0.0135 1.05M FP8 0.71 s 70 tok/s –
Mancer $0.15 $0.50 $0.237 $0.05 1.05M FP8 0.74 s 58 tok/s –
StreamLake $0.147 $0.588 $0.257 $0.0029 1.02M FP8 1.46 s 70 tok/s –
CoreWeave $0.13 $0.65 $0.26 $0.002 1.05M FP8 0.54 s 168 tok/s –
Wafer ernd partner $0.19 $0.65 $0.305 $0.012 1.05M MXFP4 0.27 s 189 tok/s $0.275after 10% cash back
DeepInfra (Priority) $0.21 $0.63 $0.315 $0.0063 1.05M FP8 0.88 s 78 tok/s –
GMICloud $0.18 $0.72 $0.315 $0.0036 1.05M FP8 2.11 s 59 tok/s –
Reka AI $0.12 $0.96 $0.33 $0.008 1.05M Not listed 0.43 s 88 tok/s –
NovitaAI $0.195 $0.78 $0.341 $0.0039 1.05M FP8 0.96 s 99 tok/s –
Fireworks Spot $0.21 $0.84 $0.367 $0.0042 1.05M Not listed 0.60 s 132 tok/s –
Phala $0.21 $0.84 $0.367 $0.0042 1.05M Not listed 1.13 s 104 tok/s –
DigitalOcean $0.225 $0.90 $0.394 $0.006 1.05M Not listed 0.69 s 171 tok/s –
Prime Intellect $0.156 $1.20 $0.417 $0.0048 1.05M Not listed 0.76 s 149 tok/s –
Relace (Fast) $0.30 $0.90 $0.45 $0.008 1.05M FP4 – – –
Makora $0.26 $1.17 $0.487 $0.0058 1.05M FP8 0.54 s 130 tok/s –
Crusoe $0.29 $1.20 $0.517 $0.007 1.05M FP8 0.54 s 158 tok/s –
Baseten $0.30 $1.20 $0.525 $0.007 1.05M Not listed 0.42 s 196 tok/s –
Baseten (US) $0.30 $1.20 $0.525 $0.007 1.05M Not listed 0.34 s 197 tok/s –
Cohere $0.30 $1.20 $0.525 $0.003 1.05M FP8 0.38 s 172 tok/s –
Fireworks $0.30 $1.20 $0.525 $0.006 1.05M Not listed 0.64 s 125 tok/s –
Google Vertex (Global) $0.30 $1.20 $0.525 $0.03 1.05M Not listed 0.77 s 91 tok/s –
Modal $0.30 $1.20 $0.525 $0.03 1.05M Not listed 0.47 s 130 tok/s –
Nebius Token Factory $0.30 $1.20 $0.525 $0.01 1.05M FP8 0.85 s 112 tok/s –
Parasail $0.30 $1.20 $0.525 $0.006 1.05M FP8 0.41 s 172 tok/s –
SiliconFlow $0.30 $1.20 $0.525 $0.006 1.05M FP8 1.52 s 95 tok/s –
Together $0.30 $1.20 $0.525 $0.006 1.05M Not listed 0.29 s 217 tok/s –
Venice $0.30 $1.20 $0.525 $0.0075 1M FP8 0.58 s 165 tok/s –
Fireworks (US) $0.45 $1.80 $0.788 $0.009 1.05M Not listed 0.37 s 200 tok/s –
Parasail (Fast) $0.45 $1.80 $0.788 $0.009 1.05M FP8 0.42 s 137 tok/s –
39 listings for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash on OpenRouter, cheapest blended price first. Checked .

Blended is three parts input price to one part output, per million tokens. Latency is time to first token and throughput is output tokens per second, both averaged from OpenRouter's daily figures for the last 7 days. Cheapest and fastest only count listings that were up when checked.

Wafer is an ernd partner: 10% back on Wafer inference with the ernd card. With ernd card is the blended price less 10% cash back on Wafer charges. It comes back on the card bill and doesn't change Wafer's list price. It applies when you pay Wafer directly, not through OpenRouter credits.

Questions

What is the cheapest DeepSeek V4.1 Flash API provider?

Baidu Qianfan, at $0.0887 per million tokens blended ($0.0507 input, $0.203 output), in OpenRouter's listings on November 7, 2026.

How much does DeepSeek V4.1 Flash cost per million tokens?

Input runs from $0.006 to $0.45 per million tokens across 39 listings, and output from $0.203 to $1.80. The middle listing comes to $0.367 blended.

Which DeepSeek V4.1 Flash provider is fastest?

Together had the most throughput over the last 7 days, about 217 tokens per second. Wafer was quickest to the first token at 0.27 s.

How do I pay for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash inference?

Buy OpenRouter credits and it sends each request to one of these providers, or open an account with a provider and pay it directly. The ernd card is a credit card for US companies. It earns 4% back on AI vendor spend and 1.5% back on everything else. Wafer charges on the card earn 10% back.

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