Model

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Economy — free window

deepseek-v4-1-flash-economy-free

live

Temporary free promotional route backed by BytePlus ModelArk. Available for two weeks or until the shared $400 provider budget is consumed.

Published rate

Input
$0.0 / 1M
Cached input
same as input
Output
$0.0 / 1M
Context
1,048,576 tokens
Max output
393,216 tokens

Verified against the live registry on 2026-11-04. If this page and /v1/models disagree, the API is correct and this page is a bug.

Routing and retention

Model type
Third-party model, served through Fikra
Upstream family
deepseek
Provider
byteplus
Upstream ID
deepseek-v4-1-flash-economy-261017
Retention
Prompts are not used for training. Response bodies may be cached for up to 300 seconds for non-ZDR requests. A ZDR request disables that cache. Upstream retention varies by provider; the model page lists the provider.
Call it

OpenAI-compatible. One line changes.

from openai import OpenAI client = OpenAI( base_url="https://api.fikraapi.co.ke/v1", api_key="fk_..." ) response = client.chat.completions.create( model="deepseek-v4-1-flash-economy-free", messages=[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}] )

Try it first

A playground is available for chat models. The quote endpoint returns a price before you run a call.

Open playground

Quote endpoint ->

Need a key? Start with $0.5 credit.