So DeepSeek v4 will cost 2x between 9:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 18:00, Beijing Time.
This is UTC+8 so to get cheaper DeepSeek:
- in London (BST / UTC+1): 11:00 to 02:00, and 05:00 to 07:00.
- in NY (EDT / UTC-4): 06:00 to 21:00, and 00:00 to 02:00.
- in California (PDT / UTC-7): 03:00 to 18:00, and 21:00 to 23:00.
Subscription plans like OpenCode Go might not even pass down this 2x cost since most customers are EU/US.
CharlesW · 2026-06-29 15:46:48 UTC
> in California (PDT / UTC-7): 03:00 to 18:00, and 21:00 to 23:00.
I think that’s incorrect. For California (PDT), 2X pricing will be in effect from 6–9pm and 11pm–3am. During PST, the CA windows will be 5–8pm and 10pm–2am.
NooneAtAll3 · 2026-06-29 16:12:20 UTC
> 2X pricing will be in effect from 6–9pm and 11pm–3am
that's why cheaper price is 03-18 and 21-23, aka 3am-6pm,9pm-11pm
CharlesW · 2026-06-29 18:09:31 UTC
Oops, the "cost 2x" mention in the first paragraph confused me. Thanks!
stavros · 2026-06-29 15:47:01 UTC
I don't understand, you say that Deepseek will be more expensive for seven hours a day and then give five hours a day where it's cheaper in London.
drcongo · 2026-06-29 15:50:39 UTC
11:00 to 02:00, and 05:00 to 07:00 is 17 hours right?
stavros · 2026-06-29 15:52:41 UTC
Ahh I'm very sleep deprived, thanks. Parsed 02:00 as 14:00.
drcongo · 2026-06-29 15:55:29 UTC
I just worked out that that was probably the cause. Hope you're not baking over there.
stavros · 2026-06-29 15:57:45 UTC
Thanks, I'm trying but it's been pretty hot. You guys have it worse though, I was just in London and it was unbearable. At least AC helps here.
0-_-0 · 2026-06-29 15:48:42 UTC
That math makes no sense
bel8 · 2026-06-29 17:08:24 UTC
Perhaps you read those western times as being the more expensive time windows? They are the cheaper times. I know it can be confusing.
But please let me know where my math is wrong.
gruez · 2026-06-29 18:28:14 UTC
>This is UTC+8 so to get cheaper DeepSeek:
Note "cheaper" is only relative to the 2x peak price. The off-peak price is still the same price as today. In other words they hiked the price 2x for peak hours only.
2muchtime · 2026-06-30 01:36:31 UTC
Does opencode go use deepseek infrastructure?
I thought they just used open weights models on infrastructure they get from someone else. They say,
“What about data and privacy?
The plan is designed primarily for international users, with models hosted in the US, EU, and Singapore for stable global access. Our providers follow a zero-retention policy and do not use your data for model training.”
I think you are correct. OpenCode Go doesn't use DeepSeek V4 from the official API to the best of my knowledge.
solarkraft · 2026-06-30 13:51:39 UTC
My impression is that they use OpenRouter, so market price among multiple inference providers.
polshaw · 2026-06-29 16:16:08 UTC
Content restricted in the UK
londons_explore · 2026-06-29 17:23:26 UTC
The same site seems to host cryptocurrency related things, and the UK has a bunch of crypto laws.
lmf4lol · 2026-06-29 19:10:57 UTC
It is truly sad to see what is happening to the UK.
egeozcan · 2026-06-29 16:19:45 UTC
For Berlin time (Germany, UTC+2, CEST), the 2x cost period is 03:00 - 06:00, and 08:00 - 12:00.
08:00 - 12:00 would have really hurt if prices were not ridiculously low to begin with.
kiproping · 2026-06-29 16:38:13 UTC
I have not seen the official deepseek communication to this effect.
phainopepla2 · 2026-06-29 16:41:00 UTC
I got an email from them with this information approximately six hours ago.
There is also a banner about the price change on their API platform site, at least for me
throwitaway222 · 2026-06-29 16:47:23 UTC
Yall trust LLM providers sweeping up keys and passwords? Sometimes you have a little .env file or config files in your repos that are not checked in... LLMs like to read that stuff and send it in. I don't trust any of the LLM providers, but less so the ones seated in China.
jst1fthsdys · 2026-06-29 17:09:42 UTC
Yes, never trust the perfidious chinamen or their evil LLMs. They are on another level of evil than our glorious and noble western LLMs that are used to bomb schools.
throwitaway222 · 2026-06-29 18:13:49 UTC
GBT Reddit?
Havoc · 2026-06-29 23:41:16 UTC
Mostly yeah - convenience tradeoff is worthwhile. Though wouldn’t give it anything that could do serious damage like unrestricted GCP keys or something
docheinestages · 2026-06-29 17:07:44 UTC
It's business at the end of the day. Don't get surprised if one day DeepSeek does a rug pull too.
downrightmike · 2026-06-29 19:11:50 UTC
Rug pull already underway. They're all heavily subsidized, that is drying up and they all need to show revenue if they are to survive.
osti · 2026-06-29 17:11:44 UTC
This announcement also mentioned that they will release the next version (official non preview version) of v4 in mid July.
vdfs · 2026-06-29 17:14:39 UTC
You were NOT the Chosen One! It was said that you would NOT destroy the Sith, BUT join them! Bring balance to the Sheets, not leave it in darkness!
gregman1 · 2026-06-29 18:40:08 UTC
So for some time spans it goes from ridiculously cheap to just very very cheap? I support that and I see no problem whatsoever.
dietr1ch · 2026-06-30 02:50:22 UTC
A bit weird that it also applies to weekends. I guess it helps not creating wrong incentives for companies, but it hurts open and personal projects a bit.
linzhangrun · 2026-06-30 09:45:15 UTC
Quite simple. Chinese software companies rarely have true weekends. Most have alternating "Big/Small Weeks" (alternating between two days off and one day off) or just a single day off. This is the origin of the word "996" (working from 9 AM to 9 PM, 6 days a week) in the 996.icu movement initiated by Chinese programmers a few years ago.
linzhangrun · 2026-06-30 09:49:05 UTC
This was a movement from a time when the IT industry still held promise for the future (7 years ago):
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This is UTC+8 so to get cheaper DeepSeek:
- in London (BST / UTC+1): 11:00 to 02:00, and 05:00 to 07:00.
- in NY (EDT / UTC-4): 06:00 to 21:00, and 00:00 to 02:00.
- in California (PDT / UTC-7): 03:00 to 18:00, and 21:00 to 23:00.
Subscription plans like OpenCode Go might not even pass down this 2x cost since most customers are EU/US.
I think that’s incorrect. For California (PDT), 2X pricing will be in effect from 6–9pm and 11pm–3am. During PST, the CA windows will be 5–8pm and 10pm–2am.
that's why cheaper price is 03-18 and 21-23, aka 3am-6pm,9pm-11pm
But please let me know where my math is wrong.
Note "cheaper" is only relative to the 2x peak price. The off-peak price is still the same price as today. In other words they hiked the price 2x for peak hours only.
I thought they just used open weights models on infrastructure they get from someone else. They say,
“What about data and privacy?
The plan is designed primarily for international users, with models hosted in the US, EU, and Singapore for stable global access. Our providers follow a zero-retention policy and do not use your data for model training.”
https://opencode.ai/go
08:00 - 12:00 would have really hurt if prices were not ridiculously low to begin with.
There is also a banner about the price change on their API platform site, at least for me
https://github.com/996icu/996.ICU
Now they are just thinking about to not to lose their jobs now. Even worse working environment.