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Deepseek permanently slashes AI model prices, undercutting GPT-5.5

Deepseek has permanently adopted a 75% discount for its V4-Pro model, significantly undercutting competitors. The model's pricing is now at least 11.5 times cheaper for input tokens and over 34 times cheaper for output tokens compared to GPT-5.5. This aggressive pricing strategy could pose a substantial challenge to Western AI providers, particularly for applications requiring high token usage like agentic systems. AI

IMPACT Deepseek's permanent price cuts could disrupt the market and pressure competitors, especially for token-intensive applications.

RANK_REASON Company makes a significant pricing change to its AI model. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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Deepseek permanently slashes AI model prices, undercutting GPT-5.5

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  1. The Decoder TIER_1 English(EN) · Matthias Bastian ·

    Deepseek makes its 75 percent discount permanent, pricing output tokens at least 34x below GPT-5.5

    <p><img alt="" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="768" src="https://the-decoder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/deepseek_logo_money.png" style="height: auto; margin-bottom: 10px;" width="1376" /></p> <p> Deepseek is making the 75 percent discount on its top mo…