DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's competitors have been quietly putting in work.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash supports text and image inputs with text output and a 1M context window. OpenRouter token pricing varies by provider and time of use.
No free endpoint for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash was found in Rival’s OpenRouter listings. Other providers or chat apps may have separate free offers.
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Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 22 Sep 2026.
fromimport openai OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
"https://openrouter.ai/api/v1" base_url=,
"$OPENROUTER_API_KEY" api_key=,
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
"deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash" model=,
"role""user""content""Hello!" messages=[{: , : }],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Set OPENROUTER_API_KEY with your OpenRouter API key from openrouter.ai/keys.
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