DeepSeek API Impresses Developers with Near-Free Costs and High Cache Hits
ccerrato147 · x · 2026-08-01
A developer shared their experience of using the DeepSeek API all day. Typically relying on subscriptions to manage API costs, they found that DeepSeek's excellent cache hit mechanism delivers near-free costs while maintaining outstanding performance.
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