DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp API

deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp is an experimental vision-enabled build of DeepSeek V4 Flash, adding image understanding on top of the base model's 1M-token context window and thinking mode.
Context
1M tokens
Input
$0.572 / 1M tokens
Output
$1.716 / 1M tokens
Released
Aug 21, 2026

How to use DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp API

Install any OpenAI-compatible SDK, point it at api.aimlapi.com/v1, and set the model to deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp.
import requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + AIMLAPI_KEY},
    json={
      "model": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp",
      "messages": [
        {
          "role": "user",
          "content": "Hello!"
        }
      ]
    },
)
print(r.json())
const r = await fetch("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AIMLAPI_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Hello!"
      }
    ]
  }),
});
console.log(await r.json());
curl -X POST https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello!"}]}'

OpenAI-compatible — swap the base URL and it works with your existing SDK.

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp API Pricing

TypePrice
Input
$0.572 / 1M tokens
Output
$1.716 / 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.0182 / 1M tokens

Reasoning tokens are billed at the same rate as output tokens.

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs other models

ModelInputOutputContextBest for
$0.572 / 1M tokens
$1.716 / 1M tokens
1M tokens
Vision + long-context reasoning
$6.5 / 1M tokens
$39 / 1M tokens
1.05M tokens
Reasoning + agents
$2.6 / 1M tokens
$13 / 1M tokens
1M tokens
Balanced coding + agents
$3.9 / 1M tokens
$19.5 / 1M tokens
1M tokens
Long-context, multimodal & agentic workflows
$0.65 / 1M tokens
$3.9 / 1M tokens
1.05M tokens
Reasoning + agents

Frequently asked questions

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp has a 1,048,576 tokens context window and can return up to 384,000 tokens.

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp takes image, text as input and returns text.

Use deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp as the model id. Requests go to https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions.

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp became available on August 21, 2026.

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp is priced at input $0.572 / 1M tokens, output $1.716 / 1M tokens, cached input $0.0182 / 1M tokens.

Yes, DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp can stream responses as they are generated.

Yes, DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp accepts image input alongside text.

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp was built by DeepSeek.

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp is described as an experimental build, adding vision capability on top of DeepSeek V4 Flash.

Yes, it matches DeepSeek V4 Flash on text tasks while adding image understanding.

It includes reasoning as a core feature, with thinking mode enabled by default.

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