DeepSeek Inference is Extremely Cheap: Global Daily Token Worth Only ~$140k
TheZachMueller · x · 2026-08-06
Despite record-breaking traffic, the total global token worth for DeepSeek inference across OpenCode ($120,000) and OpenRouter ($20,000) is estimated at just around $140,000. This highlights how remarkably cheap LLM inference has become.
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