Comment by Gareth321
3 hours ago
I think 3.8 Flash is on par with DeepSeek on some benchmarks and tasks (not coding or design), but it's not close to Sol/Astra or Opus/Fable. I would not consider a $20 subscription "ridiculously expensive," but I suppose that is a relative term.
I would run into the use limits very quickly, and (for Anthropic) have to switch frameworks.
By all accounts they are far more expensive than DeepSeek, and vs. Gemini I've found out that myself.
No argument that DeepSeek is much cheaper, but you certainly get what you pay for.