API Cost Check
Grok 4.7 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash: cost
For a typical support chatbot, DeepSeek V4 Flash is about 5.9× cheaper than Grok 4.7 ($94.25 vs $558 per month). Price is only one factor: test both on your own prompts before switching.
| Grok 4.7 | DeepSeek V4 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Input /1M | $2.00 | $0.30 |
| Output /1M | $6.00 | $1.20 |
| Cached input /1M | $0.50 | $0.006 |
| Batch input /1M | — | — |
| Batch output /1M | — | — |
| Context window | 500,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Max input | 500,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Max output | 500,000 | 393,216 |
Monthly cost by workload
| Scenario (per month) | Grok 4.7 | DeepSeek V4 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Customer support chatbot 5,000 req/day · 1,200 in · 400 out · cache 60% | $558 | $94.25 |
| RAG over documents 2,000 req/day · 8,000 in · 600 out · cache 30% | $960 | $145 |
| Coding agent 1,500 req/day · 25,000 in · 2,000 out · cache 80% | $1,440 | $181 |
| Deep reasoning 800 req/day · 3,000 in · 6,000 out · cache 20% | $986 | $190 |
| Batch processing 50,000 req/day · 1,500 in · 150 out · batch | $5,850 | $945 |