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| Attribute |  Qwen3.8 Flash |   DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) | DeepSeek |
| Model id | qwen/qwen3.8-flash | deepseek/deepseek-flash |
| Status | Available via Safeguard | Available via Safeguard |
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.15 | $0.30 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $0.47 | $1.20 |
| Price notes | International (Singapore), 0 to 1M input tokens. | Peak-hour list price (cache miss). Off-peak is half: $0.15 in / $0.60 out. Peak hours 01:00-04:00 and 06:00-10:00 UTC Mon-Fri excluding Chinese public holidays. Cache-hit input $0.006 peak. |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Parameters | Not published | Not published |
| Max output | Not published | 384,000 tokens |
| Modality | Text | Text and image |
| Weights | Closed | Open |
| Zero data retention | Not stated | Not stated |
| Prompts go to | Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (prices shown are for the Singapore / International deployment) | DeepSeek (People's Republic of China) |
| Retention | Alibaba Cloud states it never uses your data for model training, Model Studio stores data generated from model calls as required by law (no period stated) | Privacy policy: personal data stored in the PRC and kept as long as necessary to provide the service, may be used to train models, with a right to opt out. No API-specific retention period or ZDR offering published |
| Region | Singapore (International) for these prices, other regions such as China (Beijing), Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Virginia and Tokyo have separate price lists | China (PRC) |
| Price checked | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-08 |
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