Merge Gateway Discounts DeepSeek Flash 75%
Merge Gateway is offering DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 at roughly $0.04/$0.07 per million input/output tokens through September 30, making an already inexpensive model more attractive for production workloads.
This is a compelling cost-performance play for developers building high-volume agents, though the temporary pricing makes long-term budgeting uncertain.
- –DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 offers a 1M-token context window and stronger agentic performance than the April preview.
- –The promotion puts capable inference within reach for batch processing, coding agents, and automated evaluation.
- –Merge Gateway adds value through a unified API, provider routing, failover, and cost controls.
- –Developers should pin the dated 0731 model for reproducibility rather than relying on a moving model alias.
- –Teams should verify pricing, rate limits, data-retention terms, and the post-promotion rate before committing deeply.
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2026-08-23
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2026-08-23
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