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DeepSeek without OpenRouter is wayyyy cheaper
by maattdd 2mo ago
DeepSeek 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.