Re:The current AI pricing was always going to go away
by jplusequalt on Friday May 22, 2026 @12:14PM
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>The latest deepseek v4 pro model is 2-5x cheaper than Claude Sonnet 4.6. Cursor's Compose 2.5 that was just recently released is 6x cheaper than Sonnet.
The only way you're running Deepseek V4 with comparable quality/performance is through OpenRouter, at which point you're still susceptible to being price gouged in the future, or by spending >$20k on hardware.
Re:The current AI pricing was always going to go away
by driese on Friday May 22, 2026 @01:10PM
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There is still a difference though. If some company decides to raise prices on OR, you can just switch to any other provider of the same model since there is no moat.
The only way you're running Deepseek V4 with comparable quality/performance is through OpenRouter, at which point you're still susceptible to being price gouged in the future, or by spending >$20k on hardware.