# DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423: API price, context window and how to connect

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 by DeepSeek: $0.955 per million input tokens, $1.911 per million output tokens, a 1.05M-token window. What it is good for, what to compare it with and how to connect it in SKILLOK.

## In short

DeepSeek's large mixture-of-experts model: 1.6 trillion parameters, 49 billion active, a 1-million-token window. Built for hard reasoning, code and agentic tasks. The weights are open.

## Specifications

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [DeepSeek](https://skillok.org/docs/en/ai-models/providers/deepseek) |
| Released | 2026-04-24 |
| Context window | 1.05M tokens |
| Accepts | text |
| Answers with | text |
| Reasoning mode | yes |
| Tool calling | yes |
| Open weights | yes |
| Identifier | `deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro` |

## Price

| Per 1M tokens | In dollars |
|---|---|
| Input (question, context) | $0.955 |
| Output (answer) | $1.911 |

For reference: a conversation of 20 questions of ~500 tokens and answers of ~800 tokens costs about **$0.04**. Models in reasoning mode spend more tokens on an answer than the text shows: the reasoning is paid for too.

## What it is good for

* Reasoning and code for little money
* Long documents whole
* Deploying it yourself

## Similar models

Catalog models with the same kind of output, closest in the price of a typical request.

| Model | Input | Output | Window | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Mistral Large 4](https://skillok.org/docs/en/ai-models/models/mistral-large-4-0) | $0.68 | $2.09 | 1.05M | about the same |
| [Devstral 2 2512](https://skillok.org/docs/en/ai-models/models/devstral-2512) | $0.4 | $2 | 262K | 1.3× cheaper |
| [Kimi K2.7 Code](https://skillok.org/docs/en/ai-models/models/kimi-k2-7-code) | $0.671 | $3.35 | 262K | 1.3× more expensive |
| [Qwen3.8 27B](https://skillok.org/docs/en/ai-models/models/qwen3-8-27b) | $0.24 | $2.2 | 1M | 1.3× cheaper |
| [Grok 4.3](https://skillok.org/docs/en/ai-models/models/grok-4-3) | $1.25 | $2.5 | 1M | 1.3× more expensive |

## Other DeepSeek models

* [DeepSeek V4.1 Flash](https://skillok.org/docs/en/ai-models/models/deepseek-v4-1-flash)
* [DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423](https://skillok.org/docs/en/ai-models/models/deepseek-v4-flash)
* [DeepSeek V3.2](https://skillok.org/docs/en/ai-models/models/deepseek-v3-2)

## How to connect in SKILLOK

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 works through OpenRouter: add an OpenRouter key in **Settings → AI** and pick the `deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro` model. It then becomes available in Space AI, in tasks and to the repository agent. In detail — [Connecting a model in SKILLOK](https://skillok.org/docs/en/ai-models/connecting-in-skillok).

## Where the data comes from

Prices, the context window and capabilities come from the public OpenRouter catalog as of 2026-10-19. A provider may change the price — the exact figure is always on the model's OpenRouter page.

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