← Back to context Comment by maattdd 15 hours ago DeepSeek without OpenRouter is wayyyy cheaper 7 comments maattdd Reply sparkling 15 hours ago Is it? OpenRouter shows DeepInfra being cheaper than DeepSeek directlyhttps://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-20260731#pr... thecopy 15 hours ago I 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 14 hours ago What does your usage look like? nimoday 13 hours ago DeepInfra's Cache Read is 6.5 times more expensive than DeepSeek. miroljub 12 hours ago And in many scenarios, cache hits are 99% of tokens, so the price difference in caching really adds up quickly. maattdd 15 hours ago Interesting. My anecdotal experience is that it is.
sparkling 15 hours ago Is it? OpenRouter shows DeepInfra being cheaper than DeepSeek directlyhttps://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-20260731#pr... thecopy 15 hours ago I 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 14 hours ago What does your usage look like? nimoday 13 hours ago DeepInfra's Cache Read is 6.5 times more expensive than DeepSeek. miroljub 12 hours ago And in many scenarios, cache hits are 99% of tokens, so the price difference in caching really adds up quickly. maattdd 15 hours ago Interesting. My anecdotal experience is that it is.
thecopy 15 hours ago I 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 14 hours ago What does your usage look like?
nimoday 13 hours ago DeepInfra's Cache Read is 6.5 times more expensive than DeepSeek. miroljub 12 hours ago And in many scenarios, cache hits are 99% of tokens, so the price difference in caching really adds up quickly.
miroljub 12 hours ago And in many scenarios, cache hits are 99% of tokens, so the price difference in caching really adds up quickly.
Is it? OpenRouter shows DeepInfra being cheaper than DeepSeek directly
https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-20260731#pr...
I 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.
What does your usage look like?
DeepInfra's Cache Read is 6.5 times more expensive than DeepSeek.
And in many scenarios, cache hits are 99% of tokens, so the price difference in caching really adds up quickly.
Interesting. My anecdotal experience is that it is.