{"id":35447,"date":"2026-08-10T00:23:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T19:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=35447"},"modified":"2026-08-10T00:23:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T19:23:50","slug":"deepseek-to-get-a-significant-price-hike-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=35447","title":{"rendered":"DeepSeek to get a &#8216;significant&#8217; price hike soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article\">\n<p>Everything is becoming more expensive, including things that are supposed to be cheap.<\/p>\n<p>The latest example is <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/deepseek-v4-preview-comparison-chatgpt-claude-gemini\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">DeepSeek&#8217;s<\/a> AI services, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-08-06\/deepseek-plans-significant-price-increase-for-its-ai-services\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\"><em>Bloomberg<\/em><\/a>. The Chinese AI firm sent a notice to users on Thursday warning of a &#8220;significant&#8221; price increase, though it did not specify just how significant it would be. DeepSeek has been known for its extremely cheap services relative to the competition, especially with regards to its western counterparts, so this is probably not the most welcome news among DeepSeek users. <\/p>\n<section x-data=\"window.newsletter({ isDeal: false })\" x-init=\"init()\" aria-label=\"Newsletter Sign-Up\" class=\"relative invisible my-12 mx-auto w-full max-w-3xl md:my-16 ziff-component accent-cut-for-gradient-bg accent-cut-border-for-gradient-bg bg-gradient-fuchsia-secondary p-[2px]\">\n<p>\n            <span class=\"text-gradient-fuchsia-secondary\">Mashable Light Speed<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"flex mx-auto mt-8 w-full max-w-3xl font-sans text-lg leading-normal md:text-xl md:leading-7\">\n        <span class=\"font-bold text-primary-400\">SEE ALSO:<\/span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/deepseek-ai-us-ban-entity-list\" class=\"flex items-center text-secondary-300\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ml-1\">DeepSeek reportedly won&#8217;t be banned in U.S. (for now)<\/span><br \/>\n            <svg class=\"ml-1 w-4 h-4 font-normal fill-current\"><use href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/images\/icons\/spritemap.svg#sprite-arrow-right-thin\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>To be more specific, DeepSeek currently charges less than a dollar per million input and output tokens, which is how AI services are sold to customers. By comparison, Anthropic&#8217;s Fable 5 model charges $10 per million input and $50 per million output tokens. It was <em>probably<\/em> unsustainable for DeepSeek to continue charging so little compared to the competition, especially as the company plans to build a huge data center in Inner Mongolia. <\/p>\n<p>But still, you can&#8217;t count on anything staying cheap anymore. Not even AI, the thing that&#8217;s making everything else expensive in the first place.<\/p>\n<section class=\"mx-auto max-w-7xl\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap mt-8 w-full font-sans subtitle-2 editor-content\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"mr-1.5 font-sans font-bold\">Topics<\/span><br \/>\n                    <a class=\"underline-link hover:no-underline text-secondary-300 mr-1.5\" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/artificial-intelligence\" aria-label=\"Navigate to the Artificial Intelligence tag\" data-ga-click=\"\" data-ga-label=\"$text\">Artificial Intelligence<\/a><br \/>\n                    <a class=\"underline-link hover:no-underline text-secondary-300 \" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/deepseek\" aria-label=\"Navigate to the DeepSeek tag\" data-ga-click=\"\" data-ga-label=\"$text\">DeepSeek<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everything is becoming more expensive, including things that are supposed to be cheap. The latest example is DeepSeek&#8217;s AI services, as reported by Bloomberg. The Chinese AI firm sent a notice to users on Thursday warning of a &#8220;significant&#8221; price increase, though it did not specify just how significant it would be. 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