DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Beam 1.0: API price and specs
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 82% cheaper than Beam 1.0 on input price.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 85% cheaper than Beam 1.0 on output price.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 83% cheaper than Beam 1.0 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
| Field | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Beam 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $0.045 | $0.25 +455.6% |
| Median input, per 1M | $0.30 +13.7% | $0.26 |
| Lowest output, per 1M | $0.15 | $1.00 +566.7% |
| Median output, per 1M | $1.20 +13.7% | $1.05 |
| Lowest unit price | — | — |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | $0.075 | $0.45 +500% |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 1M | 131K +87.5% |
| Providers | 60 | 8 +86.7% |
| Regions | APAC, EU, GLOBAL, US | GLOBAL |
| Accepts | application/pdf, file, image, image/gif, image/jpeg, image/png, image/webp, pdf, text | text |
| Returns | text | text |
| Type | Text models | Text models |
| Free option | yes | yes |
| Cheapest provider | openrouter | edenai |
Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.
Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.
Providers selling both
baseten, digitalocean, edenai, kilo, nebius, opencode, trustedrouter, vercel
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Beam 1.0?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 82% cheaper than Beam 1.0 on input price. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 85% cheaper than Beam 1.0 on output price. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 83% cheaper than Beam 1.0 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Which has the larger context, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Beam 1.0?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 1M tokens; Beam 1.0: 1M tokens.
Where can I use both DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Beam 1.0?
baseten, digitalocean, edenai, kilo, nebius, opencode, trustedrouter, vercel