Dev: DeepSeek is very hard to beat on easy tasks, 10x cheaper than Sonnet
bindureddy · x · 2026-10-25
Developer Bindu Reddy says DeepSeek is very hard to beat on easy tasks: monthly updates, 10x cheaper than Sonnet, multimodal output support, and ultra-fast options coming soon. He argues the performance-price combination will be nearly impossible to match. Note the "Deepseek Flash" name is not official and details are unverified, but the price-performance claim matches recent user feedback.
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