Fireworks Pricing Restructured: DeepSeek R1 0528 Sees 55% Input and 32.5% Output Price Reduction
What happened
Between the Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026 captures of Fireworks's pricing page, Pulse recorded 22 changes: DeepSeek R1 (Fast) model removed from pricing; Prompt caching introduced with 50% discount for all serverless text and vision models (except Qwen3 VL series); Meta Llama 4 Maverick (Basic) model removed from pricing; DeepSeek R1 0528 pricing changed from $3.00 input/$8.00 output to $1.35 input/$0.68 cached/$5.4 output (55% price reduction on input, 32.5% on output); Meta Llama 3.1 405B model removed from pricing; Fine-tuning restructured into Supervised Fine Tuning (SFT) and Direct Preference Optimization (DPO) with separate pricing columns; Qwen3 235B Family and GLM-4.5 Air renamed to Qwen3 235B Family (GLM-4.5 Air component removed); Kimi K2 Thinking model added alongside existing Kimi K2 Instruct, both with same pricing $0.60 input, $0.30 cached, $2.50 output; DeepSeek V3 pricing changed from flat $0.90/1M tokens to separate input ($0.56), cached ($0.28), and output ($1.68) pricing; Qwen3 8B embeddings model added with pricing $0.1 per 1M input tokens; Qwen3 VL 30B A3B model added with pricing $0.15 input, $0.60 output; AMD MI300X GPU ($4.99/hour) removed from on-demand deployments; Reinforcement Fine Tuning (RFT) section added, priced per GPU hour at same rates as on-demand deployment; DPO pricing for Models >300B introduced at $20.00 (vs $10.00 for SFT); DPO pricing for Models 80B-300B introduced at $12.00 (vs $6.00 for SFT); DPO pricing for Models up to 16B introduced at $1.00 (vs $0.50 for SFT); Meta Llama 4 Scout (Basic) model removed from pricing; MiniMax M2 model added with pricing $0.30 input, $0.15 cached, $1.20 output; Qwen3 30B and Qwen Coder Flash model removed from pricing; DPO pricing for Models 16.1B-80B introduced at $6.00 (vs $3.00 for SFT); Prompt caching added for Kimi K2 models at $0.30 cached (50% discount from $0.60 input); GLM-4.5 and DeepSeek R1 (Basic) renamed to GLM-4.5, GLM-4.6 (DeepSeek R1 Basic component removed). Pulse files it as a pricing change (plan removed, feature added, package change, plan renamed, new plan, price increase) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 19, 2026) lists On-Demand at $13 per GPU hour (B200 180GB) + $15 per GPU hour (B300 288GB), Serverless at $0.08 per 10M input tokens (embeddings, up to 150M params) + $0.16 per 10M input tokens (embeddings, 150M-350M params) and Fine Tuning at $0.5 per 1M training tokens, LoRA SFT (models up to 16B params).
Fireworks's previous recorded change was "Fireworks Announces Major Price Decrease on H100 GPU, Now Just $4.00/hour (31% Off)" (Q3 2025). Before that Pulse recorded "Fireworks Announces Major 30% Price Reduction on H200 141 GB GPU Hourly Rate, Now Just $6.99" (Q2 2025), "Fireworks Unveils Major 10x Increase in Serverless Inference RPM for Developer Plan, Boosting Capacity to 6,000" (Q1 2025) and "Fireworks Introduces DeepSeek-v3 Model to Serverless Text Pricing at $0.90/1M Tokens" (Dec 2024). Fireworks has been tracked since 2024-11-17.
In the same window Figma and Adobe also changed their Marketing & Content pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · PlanPlan removed
DeepSeek R1 (Fast) model removed from pricing
- Serverless · FeatureAddedNo Prompt cachingPrompt caching
- — · PlanPlan removed
Meta Llama 4 Maverick (Basic) model removed from pricing
- — · PackagingChanged
Before$3.00 input/$8.00 output
After$1.35 input/$0.68 cached/$5.4 output
- — · PlanRemoved
BeforeMeta Llama 3.1 405B model
AfterNo Meta Llama 3.1 405B model
- Fine Tuning · PackagingPackage change
Fine-tuning restructured into Supervised Fine Tuning (SFT) and Direct Preference Optimization (DPO) with separate pricing columns
- — · PlanRenamed
BeforeQwen3 235B Family and GLM-4.5 Air
AfterQwen3 235B Family
- — · PlanAdded
BeforeNot listed
Afteralongside existing Kimi K2 Instruct
- DeepSeek V3 · PackagingChangedflat $0.90/1M tokensseparate input
- — · PlanAdded
BeforeNo Qwen3 8B embeddings model
AfterQwen3 8B embeddings model
- — · PlanAdded
BeforeNo Qwen3 VL 30B A3B model
AfterQwen3 VL 30B A3B model
- On-Demand · PlanPlan removed
AMD MI300X GPU ($4.99/hour) removed from on-demand deployments
- Fine Tuning, On-Demand · FeatureFeature added
Reinforcement Fine Tuning (RFT) section added, priced per GPU hour at same rates as on-demand deployment
- DPO · PriceAdded
BeforeNo DPO pricing for Models >300B
AfterDPO pricing for Models >300B
- DPO · PriceAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterDPO pricing for Models 80B-300B
- DPO · PriceAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterDPO pricing for Models up to 16B
- — · PlanPlan removed
Meta Llama 4 Scout (Basic) model removed from pricing
- — · PlanAddedNo MiniMax M2 modelMiniMax M2 model
- — · PlanRemoved
BeforeQwen3 30B and Qwen Coder Flash model
AfterNot listed
- DPO · PriceAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterDPO pricing for Models 16.1B-80B
- — · FeatureAddedNo Prompt cachingPrompt caching
- — · PlanPlan renamed
GLM-4.5 and DeepSeek R1 (Basic) renamed to GLM-4.5, GLM-4.6 (DeepSeek R1 Basic component removed)
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Plan | DeepSeek R1 (Fast) model removed from pricing | Plan removed | |
| Serverless | Feature | No Prompt caching | Prompt caching | Added |
| — | Plan | Meta Llama 4 Maverick (Basic) model removed from pricing | Plan removed | |
| — | Packaging | $3.00 input/$8.00 output | $1.35 input/$0.68 cached/$5.4 output | Changed |
| — | Plan | Meta Llama 3.1 405B model | No Meta Llama 3.1 405B model | Removed |
| Fine Tuning | Packaging | Fine-tuning restructured into Supervised Fine Tuning (SFT) and Direct Preference Optimization (DPO) with separate pricing columns | Package change | |
| — | Plan | Qwen3 235B Family and GLM-4.5 Air | Qwen3 235B Family | Renamed |
| — | Plan | Not listed | alongside existing Kimi K2 Instruct | Added |
| DeepSeek V3 | Packaging | flat $0.90/1M tokens | separate input | Changed |
| — | Plan | No Qwen3 8B embeddings model | Qwen3 8B embeddings model | Added |
| — | Plan | No Qwen3 VL 30B A3B model | Qwen3 VL 30B A3B model | Added |
| On-Demand | Plan | AMD MI300X GPU ($4.99/hour) removed from on-demand deployments | Plan removed | |
| Fine Tuning, On-Demand | Feature | Reinforcement Fine Tuning (RFT) section added, priced per GPU hour at same rates as on-demand deployment | Feature added | |
| DPO | Price | No DPO pricing for Models >300B | DPO pricing for Models >300B | Added |
| DPO | Price | Not listed | DPO pricing for Models 80B-300B | Added |
| DPO | Price | Not listed | DPO pricing for Models up to 16B | Added |
| — | Plan | Meta Llama 4 Scout (Basic) model removed from pricing | Plan removed | |
| — | Plan | No MiniMax M2 model | MiniMax M2 model | Added |
| — | Plan | Qwen3 30B and Qwen Coder Flash model | Not listed | Removed |
| DPO | Price | Not listed | DPO pricing for Models 16.1B-80B | Added |
| — | Feature | No Prompt caching | Prompt caching | Added |
| — | Plan | GLM-4.5 and DeepSeek R1 (Basic) renamed to GLM-4.5, GLM-4.6 (DeepSeek R1 Basic component removed) | Plan renamed | |
Values as written on Fireworks'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 comparedFull-page captures of Fireworks's pricing page (fireworks.ai) from Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026; the change is marked on the page, where DPO pricing for Models >300B now appears.
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Fireworks, pricing history
Full history- Mar 3, 2026improvedFireworks clarifies fine-tuning with reasoning traces increases token usage
- Feb 18, 2026improvedFireworks overhauls AI model lineup with GLM-5 and MiniMax M2 additions
- Week 3, 2026packagingFireworks Unifies Cached Pricing at 50% Across All Text and Vision Models
- Jan 10, 2026packagingFireworks Pricing Restructured: DeepSeek R1 0528 Sees 55% Input and 32.5% Output Price Reduction · this change
- Q3 2025improvedFireworks Announces Major Price Decrease on H100 GPU, Now Just $4.00/hour (31% Off)
- Q2 2025packagingFireworks Announces Major 30% Price Reduction on H200 141 GB GPU Hourly Rate, Now Just $6.99
- Q1 2025improvedFireworks Unveils Major 10x Increase in Serverless Inference RPM for Developer Plan, Boosting Capacity to 6,000
- Dec 2024improvedFireworks Introduces DeepSeek-v3 Model to Serverless Text Pricing at $0.90/1M Tokens
Across Marketing & Content in the same window
All Marketing & Content changes- FigmaJan 11Figma Increases Professional Plan Price by 25% to $15/mo Amidst New Features and Plan Renaming
- AdobeJan 10Adobe Creativecloud Introduces Firefly Pro Plan at $29.99/mo with Early Access Pricing, Amidst Multiple Price Increases for Other Plans
- FigmaJan 11Figma Launches Figma Make (Beta) for AI-Powered Web App Development, Included in Full Seat Plans with Usage Limits
- FigmaJan 11Figma Restructures Pricing with New Seat Types, Monthly Options, and Significant Price Increases for Professional, Organization, and Enterprise Plans
- FigmaJan 11Figma Introduces AI Credits Allocation: Enterprise Plan Now Offers 4250 Credits/Month
Questions about this change
Did Fireworks raise prices in January 2026?
Yes. Pulse captured Fireworks's pricing page on Oct 5, 2025 and again on Jan 1, 2026 and recorded 4 price increases: DPO: No DPO pricing for Models >300B → DPO pricing for Models >300B (added); DPO: Not listed → DPO pricing for Models 80B-300B (added); DPO: Not listed → DPO pricing for Models up to 16B (added); DPO: Not listed → DPO pricing for Models 16.1B-80B (added).
What changed on Fireworks's pricing page between Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026?
DeepSeek R1 (Fast) model removed from pricing; Serverless feature: No Prompt caching → Prompt caching, added; Meta Llama 4 Maverick (Basic) model removed from pricing; packaging: $3.00 input/$8.00 output → $1.35 input/$0.68 cached/$5.4 output, changed; plan: Meta Llama 3.1 405B model → No Meta Llama 3.1 405B model, removed; Fine-tuning restructured into Supervised Fine Tuning (SFT) and Direct Preference Optimization (DPO) with separate pricing columns; plan: Qwen3 235B Family and GLM-4.5 Air → Qwen3 235B Family, renamed; plan: Not listed → alongside existing Kimi K2 Instruct, added; DeepSeek V3 packaging: flat $0.90/1M tokens → separate input, changed; plan: No Qwen3 8B embeddings model → Qwen3 8B embeddings model, added; plan: No Qwen3 VL 30B A3B model → Qwen3 VL 30B A3B model, added; AMD MI300X GPU ($4.99/hour) removed from on-demand deployments; Reinforcement Fine Tuning (RFT) section added, priced per GPU hour at same rates as on-demand deployment; DPO price: No DPO pricing for Models >300B → DPO pricing for Models >300B, added; DPO price: Not listed → DPO pricing for Models 80B-300B, added; DPO price: Not listed → DPO pricing for Models up to 16B, added; Meta Llama 4 Scout (Basic) model removed from pricing; plan: No MiniMax M2 model → MiniMax M2 model, added; plan: Qwen3 30B and Qwen Coder Flash model → Not listed, removed; DPO price: Not listed → DPO pricing for Models 16.1B-80B, added; feature: No Prompt caching → Prompt caching, added; GLM-4.5 and DeepSeek R1 (Basic) renamed to GLM-4.5, GLM-4.6 (DeepSeek R1 Basic component removed). Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Fireworks change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Fireworks in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Fireworks Announces Major Price Decrease on H100 GPU, Now Just $4.00/hour (31% Off)" in Q3 2025; Fireworks has been tracked since 2024-11-17.
