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DeepSeek planning to significantly raise prices

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Re: DeepSeek planning to significantly raise prices

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Post by ncallaway »

refulgentis wrote: post #25
Frannky wrote: post #18

I'm using oh my pi with Kimi K3 as the planner and DeepSeek Flash 0731 as the implementer, with OpenRouter as the provider. Any suggestions for a better configuration? I mostly need Opus 4.6 + Claude Code alternative. I don't need Fable level capabilities, I add one new feature at a time and approve the code before shipping it. Then test and open a PR. Usually both Fable and Opus suggest dumb ideas but are good imple…

Are you using Kimi w/expectation of ZDR? Their EULA is “we use your data and train on it unless you negotiate something with us privately”

Fireworks.ai has ZDR and hosts Kimi K3

Re: DeepSeek planning to significantly raise prices

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Post by storus »

2x DGX Spark runs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 quite well and I already reimplemented a few classical games with it in a few hours in OpenCode with minimal hand-holding. I am expecting the inference price to collapse over time and not increase, at least for models that are able to do like 95-99% of work quickly and only the most problematic parts requiring something better.

Re: DeepSeek planning to significantly raise prices

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Post by cedws »

petercooper wrote: post #8

I'm guessing this is almost entirely about the incredibly low cache read prices. Few have come close to them, nothing has a bigger effect on (a typical) session price, and with the price of RAM right now, they have to be the biggest pain point for them right now? A 10x increase in cache read would be a significant increase, yet would still keep them cheaper than every other provider of their model (at least based on…

I guess the low pricing was so DeepSeek could gather training material. The provider on OpenRouter indicates that data can be retained.

Re: DeepSeek planning to significantly raise prices

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Post by holoduke »

Frannky wrote: post #18

I'm using oh my pi with Kimi K3 as the planner and DeepSeek Flash 0731 as the implementer, with OpenRouter as the provider. Any suggestions for a better configuration? I mostly need Opus 4.6 + Claude Code alternative. I don't need Fable level capabilities, I add one new feature at a time and approve the code before shipping it. Then test and open a PR. Usually both Fable and Opus suggest dumb ideas but are good imple…

I have the 20x. I really never reach the limit anymore. I am a heavy user. How is that possible?

Re: DeepSeek planning to significantly raise prices

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Post by f6v »

patates wrote: post #12

Well it was nice while it lasted. Built so much stuff for basically free. I can only thank them for that. I guess this means that this powerful model for very cheap concept does not work?

> I guess this means that this powerful model for very cheap concept does not work?

Remember how cheap Uber rides were? That being said, current models are absolutely incredible. And I’ll think they’re going to get cheaper when the next generation is released.

Re: DeepSeek planning to significantly raise prices

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Post by system2 »

holoduke wrote: post #35
Frannky wrote: post #18

I'm using oh my pi with Kimi K3 as the planner and DeepSeek Flash 0731 as the implementer, with OpenRouter as the provider. Any suggestions for a better configuration? I mostly need Opus 4.6 + Claude Code alternative. I don't need Fable level capabilities, I add one new feature at a time and approve the code before shipping it. Then test and open a PR. Usually both Fable and Opus suggest dumb ideas but are good imple…

I have the 20x. I really never reach the limit anymore. I am a heavy user. How is that possible?

I agree with you. I am a 5x user; compared to 6 months ago, I rarely reach session or weekly limits. It got slightly slower, but fewer mistakes make up for it. Probably the commenter above is a heavy vibe coder launching a bunch of background agents to reread the base code over and over.

Re: DeepSeek planning to significantly raise prices

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Post by trollbridge »

mosura wrote: post #19
patates wrote: post #12

Well it was nice while it lasted. Built so much stuff for basically free. I can only thank them for that. I guess this means that this powerful model for very cheap concept does not work?

They were showing notices about doubling pricing during american working timezones a week ago, so it seems likely to be demand related. Their v4 flash is brilliant, and I expect they have had a huge, and expensive to handle at short notice, surge in customers as a result.

You mean Beijing working time zones?
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