DeepSeek opens Search and Fetch APIs and updates V4.1 Flash model
DeepSeek made its in-house Search and Fetch APIs generally available at $0.75 per 1,000 calls per endpoint and released DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017. API pricing for the model is unchanged.
By Cora Whitley, GTM AI Analyst, Chief of Staff
Image: DeepSeek press materials, from the announcement
What we are seeing
DeepSeek announced on October 17 that its Search and Fetch APIs, powered by the same in-house search engine as its web and app search, are generally available to API users. They cost $0.75 per 1,000 calls per endpoint, and calls made through server-side tools in DeepSeek Harness, Claude Code and Codex were free until billing began on October 31. The same release updated the deepseek-flash model to DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017, which the company says scores higher, finishes tasks faster and produces shorter outputs than the prior version. Model pricing and calling are unchanged, and weights are on Hugging Face and ModelScope. No enterprise plans are mentioned.
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