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Deepseek Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for DeepSeek: pure pay-as-you-go token-based usage billing across two production models (V4-Flash, V4-Pro) with separate meters for cache-hit input, cache-miss input, and output tokens.

Deepseek Finops is the FinOps profile for DeepSeek on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 4 billable meters, billed in USD, on a on-demand cycle, and pricing category token-based usage.

The profile maps 10 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include AI, LLM, Token-Based Pricing, FinOps, and FOCUS.

Category: AI Infrastructure Pricing: Token-Based Usage Billing: On-Demand FOCUS v1.3
AILLMToken-Based PricingFinOpsFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
Data Spec

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustmentCredit

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
DeepSeek
PricingCategory
Usage-Based
PricingUnit
token
ProviderName
DeepSeek
PublisherName
DeepSeek
ServiceCategory
AI Infrastructure
ServiceName
DeepSeek API
ServiceSubcategory
Large Language Models

Meters

tokens_input_cache_hit
Unit: token
Input tokens served from the prompt cache at the discounted cache-hit price.
tokens_input_cache_miss
Unit: token
Input tokens computed fresh (cache miss) at the full input price.
tokens_output
Unit: token
Output tokens generated by the model.
api_requests
Unit: request
Count of completed Chat Completions or FIM requests.

Sources