# Cheapest DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 API providers, compared (prices checked Nov 7, 2026)

URL: https://ernd.ai/inference-prices/deepseek-v4-flash-0731

> ernd partners with [Wafer](https://ernd.ai/partners/wafer). Prices are from OpenRouter's public listings.

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 is an open-weight model from DeepSeek. On OpenRouter, 29 listings from 26 providers sell it, and the blended price runs from $0.0667 to $0.66 per million tokens.

| Provider | Input /1M | Output /1M | Blended 3:1 | Cache read /1M | Context | Quantization | Latency | Throughput | With ernd card |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Baidu Qianfan | $0.0444 | $0.133 | $0.0667 | $0.0014 | 1.05M | FP8 | 0.86 s | 96 tok/s | – |
| DeepInfra | $0.06 | $0.18 | $0.09 | $0.015 | 1.05M | FP8 | 0.80 s | 46 tok/s | – |
| Wafer (US), ernd partner | $0.0434 | $0.30 | $0.108 | $0.035 | 1.05M | NVFP4 | 0.34 s | 140 tok/s | $0.0968 after 10% cash back |
| Prime Intellect | $0.09 | $0.23 | $0.125 | $0.029 | 1.05M | FP4 | 0.62 s | 94 tok/s | – |
| StreamLake | $0.088 | $0.264 | $0.132 | $0.0028 | 1.02M | FP8 | 2.00 s | 39 tok/s | – |
| Wafer (Fast), ernd partner | $0.10 | $0.23 | $0.133 | $0.095 | 1.05M | NVFP4 | 0.30 s | 141 tok/s | $0.119 after 10% cash back |
| Reka AI | $0.10 | $0.28 | $0.145 | $0.04 | 262K | Not listed | 0.64 s | 101 tok/s | – |
| DigitalOcean | $0.119 | $0.238 | $0.149 | $0.0238 | 1.05M | Not listed | 0.68 s | 140 tok/s | – |
| Baseten (fp32) | $0.13 | $0.26 | $0.163 | $0.028 | 1.05M | FP32 | 0.30 s | 109 tok/s | – |
| Baseten (fp8) | $0.13 | $0.26 | $0.163 | $0.028 | 1.05M | FP8 | 0.33 s | 137 tok/s | – |
| Venice | $0.13 | $0.26 | $0.163 | $0.028 | 1M | Not listed | 0.59 s | 114 tok/s | – |
| CoreWeave | $0.13 | $0.27 | $0.165 | $0.05 | 262K | FP8 | 0.42 s | 103 tok/s | – |
| Cohere | $0.14 | $0.28 | $0.175 | $0.07 | 1.05M | FP8 | 0.35 s | 166 tok/s | – |
| Nebius Token Factory | $0.14 | $0.28 | $0.175 | $0.01 | 1.05M | FP8 | 0.95 s | 63 tok/s | – |
| Parasail | $0.14 | $0.28 | $0.175 | $0.05 | 1.05M | FP8 | 0.62 s | 83 tok/s | – |
| Sail Research | $0.15 | $0.30 | $0.188 | $0.042 | 1.05M | FP4 | 0.98 s | 47 tok/s | – |
| Sail Research (US) | $0.15 | $0.30 | $0.188 | $0.042 | 1.05M | FP4 | 0.76 s | 43 tok/s | – |
| Morph | $0.142 | $0.40 | $0.206 | $0.036 | 1.05M | BF16 | 0.61 s | 96 tok/s | – |
| Inceptron | $0.13 | $0.495 | $0.221 | $0.027 | 1.05M | FP4 | 0.82 s | 54 tok/s | – |
| Mancer | $0.175 | $0.50 | $0.256 | $0.175 | 1.05M | FP8 | 0.95 s | 56 tok/s | – |
| Alibaba Cloud Int. | $0.176 | $0.528 | $0.264 | $0.0176 | 1M | Not listed | 1.86 s | 96 tok/s | – |
| Alibaba Cloud Int. (US-EAST-1) | $0.187 | $0.561 | $0.28 | $0.0187 | 1M | Not listed | 1.83 s | 98 tok/s | – |
| SiliconFlow | $0.22 | $0.66 | $0.33 | $0.028 | 1.05M | FP8 | 1.45 s | 32 tok/s | – |
| GMICloud | $0.286 | $0.858 | $0.429 | $0.0091 | 1.05M | FP8 | 2.00 s | 60 tok/s | – |
| Phala | $0.308 | $0.924 | $0.462 | $0.0196 | 1.05M | Not listed | 1.80 s | 100 tok/s | – |
| NovitaAI | $0.409 | $1.23 | $0.614 | $0.026 | 1.05M | FP8 | 1.07 s | 60 tok/s | – |
| AtlasCloud | $0.44 | $1.32 | $0.66 | $0.028 | 1.05M | FP4 | 1.61 s | 77 tok/s | – |
| Chutes | $0.44 | $1.32 | $0.66 | $0.044 | 1.05M | FP8 | 1.76 s | 64 tok/s | – |
| Cloudflare | $0.44 | $1.32 | $0.66 | $0.014 | 1.05M | Not listed | 1.32 s | 68 tok/s | – |

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 Flash 0731 API provider?

Baidu Qianfan, at $0.0667 per million tokens blended ($0.0444 input, $0.133 output), in OpenRouter's listings on November 7, 2026.

### How much does DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 cost per million tokens?

Input runs from $0.0434 to $0.44 per million tokens across 29 listings, and output from $0.133 to $1.32. The middle listing comes to $0.175 blended.

### Which DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 provider is fastest?

Cohere had the most throughput over the last 7 days, about 166 tokens per second. Baseten (fp32) was quickest to the first token at 0.30 s.

### How do I pay for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 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.

Source: OpenRouter public model and provider listings (https://openrouter.ai/models), checked November 7, 2026.

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