deepseek-v4-flash (0731) — API, Pricing & Context Window | Vivgrid
deepseek-v4-flash (0731) on Vivgrid: DeepSeek's fast, ultra-affordable model with a 1M-token context window and up to 384K output tokens.
deepseek-v4-flash (0731) upgrade to 0731 version https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731, with significantly enhanced agent capabilities 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.
DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 outperforms DeepSeek-V4-Pro (Preview) on benchmarks listed below despite its far smaller activated parameter count, and is broadly competitive with the strongest proprietary models available.
Vivgrid serves deepseek-v4-flash (0731) through its unified, OpenAI-compatible API, making it a compelling default for high-volume, cost-sensitive workloads.
API surfaces
The Vivgrid Console catalogs deepseek-v4-flash on one surface, all behind the same API key. The endpoint shown is the one the Console previews for that surface.
| Surface | Primary endpoint | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Chat Completions | /chat/completions | Agent projects, where Vivgrid injects the model, system prompt and tools server-side, and Model API calls that name the model per request. |
Quick start
Get an API key from the Vivgrid Console, then call deepseek-v4-flash directly.
curl https://api.vivgrid.com/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $VIVGRID_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "deepseek-v4-flash",
"messages": [
{ "role": "user", "content": "Say hello in English, Chinese and Spanish." }
],
"stream": true
}'Choosing within the DeepSeek V4 family
Prices are USD per 1M tokens at the base rate. Rows marked this page are the model described here.
| Model | Context | Max output | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|---|---|
deepseek-v4-pro | 1,000,000 | 384,000 | $1.74 | $3.48 |
deepseek-v4.1-flash | 1,000,000 | 384,000 | $0.31 | $1.23 |
deepseek-v4-flash — this page | 1,000,000 | 384,000 | $0.44 | $1.32 |
deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp | 1,000,000 | 384,000 | $0.44 | $1.32 |
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
- gpt-6-astra — OpenAI's frontier gpt-6 coding model
- deepseek-v4.1-flash — the V4.1 successor, with image input and Responses API support
- deepseek-v4-pro-0813 — the latest flagship V4 release
deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp
deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp on Vivgrid: DeepSeek's fast, ultra-affordable model with image-input understanding, a 1M-token context window, and up to 384K output tokens.
deepseek-v4-pro
deepseek-v4-pro on Vivgrid: DeepSeek's flagship coding model with a 1M-token context window, up to 384K output tokens, and competitive pricing.