AI Model Overview

Is DeepSeek DeepSeek V4 Flash deprecated?

Retired

No longer available. DeepSeek shut DeepSeek V4 Flash down on 2026-09-10 — calls to it fail.

deepseek-v4-flash last verified

What kind of model is this?

Tags describe what DeepSeek V4 Flash takes in, what it is built for and how you can get it. Modality, access and language tags follow DeepSeek's own documentation; tier and use-case tags are our reading of the line-up.

Modality
  • Text
Use case
  • Chat
  • Coding
  • Reasoning
  • Agents & tool use
  • Long context
Tier
  • Mid-tier
Access
  • Hosted API
  • Open weights

Specifications

Input price
unknown
Output price
unknown
Price band
unknown
Context window
1M tokens
Max output
unknown
Input
Text
Output
Text
Knowledge cutoff
unknown
Tool use
unknown
Structured output
unknown
Weights licence
MIT License
Model maker
DeepSeek

“unknown” means the figure has not been published, or we have not verified it yet — never that the answer is no. “not published” under the weights licence means this model is not offered with downloadable weights. The price band is ours: it bands the blended price (three parts input to one part output) as budget (≤ $0.50), standard (≤ $3), premium (≤ $12) or flagship.

Lifecycle

  1. Released unknown
  2. Deprecated
  3. Retired

What is it good for?

No editorial profile for this model yet. The specifications above come from DeepSeek's own documentation and the suggestions below are derived from the data — shared tags, tier and price band — not written by hand.

What to use instead of DeepSeek V4 Flash

  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Derived

    DeepSeek Active

    Same provider, same tier (mid-tier), also open weights; shares chat, coding, reasoning, agents and long-context.

    $0.30 in · $1.20 out / M tokens 1M context

  • Kimi K2 Thinking Derived

    Amazon Bedrock Active

    Alternative from Amazon Bedrock, same tier (mid-tier), also open weights; shares chat, coding, reasoning, agents and long-context.

    $0.60 in · $2.50 out / M tokens 256K context

  • GLM 4.7 Derived

    Amazon Bedrock Active

    Alternative from Amazon Bedrock, same tier (mid-tier), also open weights; shares chat, coding, reasoning, agents and long-context.

    $0.60 in · $2.20 out / M tokens 203K context

  • GLM 5 Derived

    Amazon Bedrock Active

    Alternative from Amazon Bedrock, same tier (mid-tier), also open weights; shares chat, coding, reasoning, agents and long-context.

    $1.00 in · $3.20 out / M tokens 200K context

  • DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Derived

    Cloudflare Workers AI Active

    Alternative from Cloudflare Workers AI, same tier (mid-tier), also open weights; shares chat, coding, reasoning, agents and long-context.

    $0.44 in · $1.32 out / M tokens 1.3M context

Derived suggestions are ranked from the data — shared tags, the same tier and a comparable price band — not from benchmark scores. Check the capability fit yourself: we track lifecycle, price and specifications.

Sources

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Common questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash deprecated?
No longer available. DeepSeek shut DeepSeek V4 Flash down on 2026-09-10 — calls to it fail.
When does DeepSeek V4 Flash shut down?
DeepSeek has announced 2026-09-10 as the shutdown date for DeepSeek V4 Flash.
What does DeepSeek V4 Flash cost?
No public price is listed for DeepSeek V4 Flash in our dataset.
What can I use instead of DeepSeek V4 Flash?
Active alternatives include DeepSeek DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Amazon Bedrock Kimi K2 Thinking, Amazon Bedrock GLM 4.7.

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