Dev Weighs Subscription vs Pay-Per-Use API After DeepSeek Usage Bill
anon_e_mouse1 · reddit · 2026-09-29
A developer shares a screenshot of his monthly DeepSeek 4.1 API usage and asks whether he should switch to a subscription instead of burning money on pay-per-use.
He finds provider usage limits vague: opencode claims a $10 subscription covers $60 of usage but also has a daily cap, and Codex and Claude subscriptions are similarly murky. He wants to know which subscription would cover his usage level.
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