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It was for me too but the new deepseek pricing is too good to ignore for now. I honestly think that with my electricity prices running qwen 36B myself is more
by apexalpha 2mo ago
It was for me too but the new deepseek pricing is too good to ignore for now.
I honestly think that with my electricity prices running qwen 36B myself is more expensive than hitting the cache rate at deepseek.
- sparkling 2mo agoCan you elaborate on DeepSeek (deepseek-v4-flash, i assume?). What does your typical usage pattern look like and what is your weekly/monthly spend? I gave it a try for a few days (pi + openrouter + deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra) and ended up paying ~$18 for rather light usage. Yes it's still cheap, yes it's fast, but i feel i would still get a better deal with a Claude subscription plan.
- maattdd 2mo agoDeepSeek without OpenRouter is wayyyy cheaper
- sparkling 2mo agoIs it? OpenRouter shows DeepInfra being cheaper than DeepSeek directly https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-20260731#providers https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-20260731#pr...
- maattdd 2mo agoInteresting. My anecdotal experience is that it is.
- thecopy 2mo agoI agree with parent. OpenRouter might be cheaper list-price, but i have been using 10$ on DS platform since April/May, still have 2$ left. Using OpenRouter i depleted the same dollar-amount in a 1-2 weeks with same usage pattern. No idea why.
- sparkling 2mo agoWhat does your usage look like?
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- Fluorescence 2mo agoNot used it but from perusing forums, consensus is OpenRouter has terrible/broken caching for Deepseek wildly inflating token use. The cache metrics are visible so you can verify for yourself (apparently, it's what others have done).
- nimoday 2mo agoDeepInfra's Cache Read is 6.5 times more expensive than DeepSeek.
- miroljub 2mo agoAnd in many scenarios, cache hits are 99% of tokens, so the price difference in caching really adds up quickly.
- usagisushi 2mo ago[dead]
- Bayart 2mo agoGoing directly though DeepSeek's API and hitting all day long with light/medium tasks I'm at $5/month. That's with pretty vanilla ohmypi.