expectedDeepSeekExpected: Q2 2026

DeepSeek V4 API

Next generation of DeepSeek's general-purpose chat model. Expected to keep the disruptive price-performance ratio.

What we know

Next generation of DeepSeek's general-purpose chat model. Expected to keep the disruptive price-performance ratio.

Why it matters: DeepSeek ships fast and cheap; every new V-number is instantly benchmarked and searched.

Expected pricing: ~$0.27 / $1.10 per 1M tokens

Current best equivalent

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DeepSeek V3.2

Current DeepSeek flagship on SkillBoss — same API, will auto-upgrade to V4.

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We'll auto-switch your API calls to DeepSeek V4 the moment it launches — no code changes required.

Call it with curl

curl -X POST https://api.skillboss.co/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SKILLBOSS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "skill_id": "deepseek/deepseek-v3.2",
    "input": {
      "prompt": "Say hello from DeepSeek V4 — routed via SkillBoss"
    }
  }'

Alternate options

ModelSkill IDTradeoff
DeepSeek R1deepseek/deepseek-r1Reasoning-tuned variant
Qwen Maxqwen/qwen-maxChinese open-weight alternative

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