alt Hacker News> Deepseek v4 is good enough, really really good given the price it is offered at.
Do they have monthly subscriptions, or are they restricted to paying just per token? It seems to be the latter for now: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing/
Really good prices admittedly, but having predictable subscriptions is nice too!
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jackothy • yesterday at 8:18 PM
You can just input your $X per month/week/whatever yourself as API credits
vitaflo • yesterday at 9:27 PM
You make your own subscription. If you want to pay $20/month then put $20 into your account. When you use it up, wait till the next month (or buy more).
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It's indeed the latter. Psychologically harder for me than a $20/mo sub but still a better value for the money. I'm finding myself spending closer to $40-$60 a month w/ openrouter without a forced token break.
Edit: it looks like it's 75% off right now which is really an incredible deal for such a high caliber frontier model.