I'm all in for saving money and _can_ move to using DS directly from them, but maybe I am missing something here:
OpenRouter Pricing:
$0.02/M input tokens $0.60/M output tokens
DeepSeek Pricing (cache miss, off-peak):
$0.15/M Input $0.60/m output
OpenRouter Pricing:
$0.02/M input tokens $0.60/M output tokens
DeepSeek Pricing (cache miss, off-peak):
$0.15/M Input $0.60/m output
It’s also the major difference between using DeepSeek directly vs other providers also serving it, though I have not looked lately: it’s possible other providers have matched its cache hit pricing better?
I think the 5% cut from open router is fair if I want to user other cheap models like mimo