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deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 Free API on Cloudflare Workers AI

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★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 Benchmark-backed score

October 17 update of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash with improved reasoning, coding, agentic tasks, and visual understanding

Free APIOpenAI compatibleReasoningTool callingJSON mode
API Details

Copy-ready connection details

Use these values in your client or SDK.
Base URL
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run
Model ID
@cf/deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017
API format Cloudflare Workers AI native run + OpenAI Chat Completions
Technical Details

deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 specifications

Provider and model catalog
Context window 8K
Max output 4K
Status Online
Family deepseek-flash
Knowledge cutoff 2025-05
Released Oct 17, 2026
Last updated Oct 17, 2026
Free listing since Oct 17, 2026
Input text, image
Output text
Capabilities reasoning, tool calling, structured output, file attachments, temperature control
Open weights Yes

External benchmark references

Benchmark Score Metric Date
Humanity's Last Exam 42.6 Not listed Not listed
Humanity's Last Exam 44 Not listed Not listed
Terminal-Bench 42.3 Not listed Not listed
DeepSWE 77 Not listed Not listed
AI Recommendation

Should you use deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017?

deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 is listed for chat workloads and supports a 8K context window.

Use it when Cloudflare Workers AI's free tier is enough for evaluation, demos, or light production traffic.

Best for
  • Chat
Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

  • Reasoning mode listed
  • Tool calling support
  • Structured JSON output
  • Open weights available

Watch outs

  • Vision support is not listed
Benchmark Overview

Benchmark signals for deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017

Measured data
Intelligence General reasoning and instruction following
45.1/100
Speed Observed generation speed
169 tok/s
Context Maximum listed context window
8K
Pricing

deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 pricing per 1M tokens

Free tier listed
Input $0.3 per 1M tokens
Output $1.2 per 1M tokens
Access Available Cloudflare Workers AI
Typical Use Cases

deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 use cases

Chat

deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 is tagged for chat in this catalog and works with OpenAI-compatible client libraries.

FAQ

deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 free API FAQ

Is deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 free to use?

deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 is listed with free API access on Cloudflare Workers AI, subject to the provider's quota and account policy.

What is the deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 model ID?

The model ID shown in this catalog is @cf/deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017.

What context window does deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 support?

The listed context window is 8K tokens with up to 4K output tokens.

More about deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017

October 17 update of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash with improved reasoning, coding, agentic tasks, and visual understanding

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