DeepSeek shipped vision on 21 August 2026 at $0.22 per million input tokens, with a 384-token cap per image
DeepSeek released V4-Flash-Vision-Exp on 21 August 2026 at V4-Flash pricing. Images bill as input tokens with a 384-token ceiling each, and the peak window covers the entire Indian working morning.
Manu Shukla