Ling 3.0 Flash vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: cost comparison
Prices updated 2026-11-12 · computed from live provider data
Short answer: Ling 3.0 Flash is cheaper on a
3:1 input/output blend — $0.032 per million tokens versus
$0.117, a 73% difference.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash offers the larger context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 262,144 for Ling 3.0 Flash.
Head to head
| Ling 3.0 Flash | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.021 | $0.022 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $0.063 | $0.400 |
| Blended 3:1, per 1M | $0.032 | $0.117 |
| Context window | 262,144 | 1,048,576 |
| Vendor | inclusionai | deepseek |
Monthly cost at real volumes
| Workload (input / output) | Ling 3.0 Flash | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| 1M in / 250K out | $0.037 | $0.122 |
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $0.367 | $1.22 |
| 100M in / 25M out | $3.67 | $12.20 |
Which should you pick?
Pick DeepSeek V4.1 Flash when you need the longer context window (1,048,576 vs 262,144 tokens). Pick Ling 3.0 Flash when price per token dominates your workload — high-volume classification, extraction, or batch summarisation.