DeepSeek Makes 75% V4 Pro Price Cut Permanent — Input at $0.435/M Tokens, Plus 90% Cache Hit Discount Across All APIs

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DeepSeek announced on May 22 that its 75% promotional discount on the V4-Pro API will become the permanent price after the promo ends May 31. Non-cached input drops to $0.435 per million tokens and output to $0.87/M, paired with a 90% cost reduction for cache hits across the entire API line. The move, initially framed as a short-term campaign, was made permanent amid growing user backlash against restrictive Western AI chatbot pricing — 388 points and 226 comments on HN.