DeepSeek may be far cheaper to serve in China than OpenRouter pricing implies
AccBalanced · x · 2026-07-21
The reply argues that OpenRouter pricing contradicts the claim, saying DeepSeek can be much cheaper to host from China, especially at dominant cache-read volumes.
It also notes the irony in the current market structure: R&D may be centered in China, but once a model is optimized for next-generation Nvidia hardware like Rubin, serving costs can shift sharply depending on where and how the model is hosted.
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