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Packaging changeNew add-onOct 16 → Oct 17, 2026

DeepSeek launches Search and Fetch APIs at $0.75 per 1,000 requests

Detected Oct 17, 2026AI & Machine Learning
Covered on Pulse:DeepSeek adds pay-per-request Search and Fetch APIs at $0.75 per 1,000 calls
The changeAdd-on new add-on
BeforeOct 16Not listed
AfterOct 17$0.75
1 change2 capturesOct 16, 2026 → Oct 17, 2026

What happened

Between the Oct 16, 2026 and Oct 17, 2026 captures of DeepSeek's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: New Search and Fetch APIs priced at $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests each; server-side tool calls free until per-request billing starts Nov 1, 2026. Pulse files it as a packaging change (new add-on). Pulse's latest capture (Nov 12, 2026) lists DeepSeek Flash at $0.15 per 1M input tokens (cache miss) + $0.30 per 100M input tokens (cache hit) and DeepSeek V4 Pro at $0.66 per 1M input tokens (cache miss) + $2.20 per 100M input tokens (cache hit).

It lands 27 days after DeepSeek's previous change, "DeepSeek extends 50% off-peak API discount to Chinese public holidays all day" (Sep 20, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "DeepSeek reverses V4 Pro retirement, keeps API billing unchanged past Sept 14" (Sep 12, 2026), "DeepSeek slashes Flash pricing up to 57%, retires V4 Pro Sept 14" (Sep 11, 2026) and "DeepSeek adds vision model, exempts weekends from peak pricing" (Aug 23, 2026). DeepSeek has been tracked since 2026-05-16.

In the same window Google, X, Mistral AI, Anthropic and OpenAI also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.

  • —Add-on
    New add-on
    Not listed$0.75

Values as written on DeepSeek's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.

Evidence

The two captures Pulse compared

Full-page captures of DeepSeek's pricing page (deepseek.com) from Oct 16, 2026 and Oct 17, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where "Not listed" becomes "$0.75".

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DeepSeek, the last 90 days

Full history
  1. Nov 5, 2026PackagingDeepSeek ends free Search/Fetch calls via Claude Code, now $0.75/1K requests
  2. Oct 18, 2026PackagingDeepSeek launches Search and Fetch APIs at $0.75 per 1K requests from Nov 1
  3. Oct 17, 2026PackagingDeepSeek launches Search and Fetch APIs at $0.75 per 1,000 requests This change
  4. Sep 20, 2026PackagingDeepSeek: peak-hour billing now excludes Chinese public holidays
  5. Sep 20, 2026PackagingDeepSeek extends 50% off-peak API discount to Chinese public holidays all day
  6. Sep 13, 2026PackagingDeepSeek merges v4-flash and vision-exp into cheaper Flash V4.1
  7. Sep 12, 2026PackagingDeepSeek reverses V4 Pro retirement, keeps API billing unchanged past Sept 14
  8. Sep 11, 2026Price decreaseDeepSeek slashes Flash pricing up to 57%, retires V4 Pro Sept 14
  9. Aug 23, 2026PackagingDeepSeek adds vision model, exempts weekends from peak pricing

Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window

All AI & Machine Learning changes
  1. GoogleOct 12Google Workspace swaps Gems for AI skills, rewords Gemini on Starter plan
  2. XOct 12X adds Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite to API from $0.02/sec, up to 1080p
  3. Mistral AIOct 12Mistral AI cuts Free plan API credits, gives free users Vibe CLI and IDE tools
  4. AnthropicOct 12Anthropic API launches Haiku 5.5 at $0.10/$0.50 per MTok, Haiku 4.5 goes Legacy
  5. OpenAIOct 11OpenAI rewrites Free, Go, Plus and Pro taglines in "Best for" style

Questions about this change

Did DeepSeek raise prices in October 2026?

No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 16, 2026 and Oct 17, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: new add-on.

What changed on DeepSeek's pricing page between Oct 16, 2026 and Oct 17, 2026?

Add-on: Not listed → $0.75. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 16, 2026 and Oct 17, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.

How often does DeepSeek change its pricing?

Pulse recorded 7 other pricing-page changes for DeepSeek in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "DeepSeek extends 50% off-peak API discount to Chinese public holidays all day" on Sep 20, 2026; DeepSeek has been tracked since 2026-05-16.