DeepSeek announces that weekends with makeup work and Chinese statutory holidays will be billed at off-peak rates all day
According to IT之家, DeepSeek has announced that API calls made on weekends designated for makeup work and all Chinese statutory holidays will be billed at off-peak rates. This policy aligns with the 2026 holiday schedule, where specific dates like September 20 and October 10 are designated as workdays despite falling on weekends.
Key facts
- 01DeepSeek's API billing rules state that weekends with makeup work and all statutory holidays are charged at off-peak rates.
- 02The 2026 holiday schedule includes Mid-Autumn Festival (Sept 25-27) and National Day (Oct 1-7), with Sept 20 and Oct 10 designated as workdays.
- 03Since August 23, 2024, DeepSeek has applied uniform off-peak pricing for all API calls on Saturdays and Sundays.
- 04The pricing applies to models such as deepseek-flash and deepseek-v4-pro, supporting up to 1M context length and 384K output.
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