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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash repriced across 6 hosts: Io Net input down 64%, Ionstream input up 97%

Published 30 September 2026
Price move, per 1M tokens
  • Ionstream · input↑ 97%
    $0.145 → $0.285
  • Ionstream · outputunchanged
    $1.15 → $1.15
  • Ionstream · cache readunchanged
    $0.005 → $0.005
  • InferenceNet · input↓ 42%
    $0.069 → $0.040
  • InferenceNet · output↑ 67%
    $0.45 → $0.75
  • InferenceNet · cache readunchanged
    $0.020 → $0.020
  • Io Net · input↓ 64%
    $0.250 → $0.090
  • Io Net · output↓ 59%
    $1.00 → $0.41
  • Io Net · cache read↓ 70%
    $0.030 → $0.009
  • OpenInference · input↓ 34%
    $0.0300 → $0.0198
  • OpenInference · output↓ 21%
    $0.500 → $0.396
  • OpenInference · cache read↓ 71%
    $0.0100 → $0.0029
  • Wafer · input↓ 25%
    $0.100 → $0.075
  • Wafer · outputunchanged
    $0.44 → $0.44
  • Wafer · cache readunchanged
    $0.045 → $0.045
  • Morph · input↓ 3%
    $0.0805 → $0.0780
  • Morph · output↓ 1%
    $0.510 → $0.504
  • Morph · cache read↑ 270%
    $0.0027 → $0.0100
Ionstream input: ↑ 97%InferenceNet input: ↓ 42%InferenceNet output: ↑ 67%Io Net input: ↓ 64%OpenInference input: ↓ 34%Wafer input: ↓ 25%Morph input: ↓ 3%Morph cache read: ↑ 270%
If you buy

Ionstream now costs more for the same model, so if you run long prompts there, re-check your spend before the next top-up and consider whether your workload still fits.

The model
DeepSeek V4.1 Flashopen the model →
Open weights763.2B parameters1049K context35 hosts
intelligence21st of 168 writing37th of 168 coding11th of 168 agents13th of 55

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is a downloadable model with a permissive licence, and it places 11th of 168 on Arena Coding via Max as of 25 Sep 2026. At 763.2 billion parameters it is a data-centre job to run yourself, so hosted use is the practical route for most readers.

Source

Read on openrouter.ai · we published this on 30 September 2026.

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