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Why use DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp on OpenRouter?
OpenRouter offers DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.22/1M input tokens. OpenRouter is a multi-provider LLM aggregator offering unified API access to 300+ models from all major labs and emerging providers, with automatic failover for reliability.
Compare DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp across 2 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Docs fallbackUse the provider REST API or SDKCreate a provider API keymodel: deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-expdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-expRequest example
deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp.Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp", not the LLMReference slug "deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp".
Compare DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek Platform | — | — |
| OpenRouter | $0.22 | $0.65 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.22 |
| Output tokens | $0.65 |
Capabilities
About DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp is DeepSeek's experimental multimodal extension of V4 Flash, released August 21, 2026. It added image understanding for agent workflows through the DeepSeek API model ID deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp. Weights were not released. DeepSeek retired the model from its API on September 10, 2026. The legacy model name deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp is still accepted, and DeepSeek now serves those requests with DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017.