35% below DeepSeek's published list price.
That is the anchor for every quote. Your own figure depends on volume, cache hit ratio and how much of the load can move off-peak — tell us those and we will send it, usually within one business day.
Where the number comes from
Our rate is 35% below DeepSeek's published list price. Their price list is public — open it and check the arithmetic yourself. We would rather you did. What follows is DeepSeek API pricing as it applies to your workload: the published list is where DeepSeek pricing starts, not where your own number lands.
What we cannot put on a page is your figure. Off-peak scheduling bills batch work at half the peak rate, and prompt caching cuts the cost of repeated input sharply. How much of your workload can use either one is what moves the number — and that differs by customer. So we ask two questions: how many tokens a month, and what are you running today.
What we can tell you up front
These are properties of the model's published pricing, not of our quote — they apply whatever rate we agree.
- Off-peak calls are billed at half the peak rate
- Cached input tokens are billed far below fresh ones
- You pay per token — no seat licenses, no platform fee
- One monthly invoice, payable by bank transfer
- Prices exclude applicable taxes
What changes your rate
The two biggest levers are almost always prompt caching and moving batch work off-peak. We will look at both with you before quoting.
Get a quoteHow the quote works
You send two numbers
Monthly token volume, and what you pay today. If you do not know the token count yet, send the workload description and we will estimate it.
We send a rate
Usually within one business day, from a named person. If we cannot beat your current cost, we say so instead of quoting anyway.
You decide, then we contract
Nothing is charged before a signed agreement. Terms are negotiable and a data processing agreement is available.
ONE LINE CHANGES
Your application
The OpenAI SDK you already ship.
api.workhorseapi.com
Same request shape. Same streaming.
WORKHORSE ENDPOINT
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
1M context · 384K output
response returns the same way
WHAT WE HANDLE AROUND IT
- Contract you can negotiate
- One monthly invoice
- A named account contact
- Data processing agreement
Tell us what you're running.
Send us your monthly volume and what you use today. We usually reply within one business day with a price and a named contact.