DeepSeek V4-Pro output costs $3.96 per million tokens at peak and $1.98 off-peak, up from a flat $0.87.
Peak hours run 01:00-04:00 and 06:00-10:00 UTC, so 17 of every 24 hours stay at the lower rate.
American teams on normal business hours pay off-peak automatically, while teams in London, Paris and Berlin spend their entire morning inside the expensive window.