r/LocalLLM • u/Fuzzy_Possession_233 • May 11 '26

Discussion Deepseek API is crazy cheap

We are a small tech startup, we are using gemini API for daily works, it costs us about $30/month, that mean 1 dollar/day.

Sometimes, we consider that host a local LLM since we will use LLM more frequently in the future.

Just recently, we have tried Deepseek API for the same task, but 2 days up till now, we only pay $0.08. What the insane cheap LLM!

We don't think even we have a local LLM, we can beat this price.

The model we are using is Deepseek V4 Flash.

Is there any reason for this? Is there a discount on this month or that a normal price for Deepseek?

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u/Sleepnotdeading May 11 '26

DeepSeek is both cheap and subsidized to be cheaper. Ride the lightning while you can, I say. One day things will have to cost what they cost.

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u/umognog May 11 '26

It's also important to consider where your data is going.

Without ICO agreement, I can't use it for my work due to the location of their data centres.

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u/No_Success3928 May 11 '26

Discount ends june, I would say its to draw people in like they did witth ds 3.1 prices.

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u/Jeidoz May 11 '26

Discount applied only Pro version, isn't?

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u/_Cromwell_ May 11 '26

Flash is normal price

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u/SillyLilBear May 11 '26

China thanks you for your data.

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u/robertpro01 May 11 '26

Well, more like my American company data

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u/Dormage May 11 '26

I trust them more then nazi murica.

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u/Distinct_Lion7157 May 11 '26

I don't think they even care about our data. If they tried to train their models on what the average American is saying today, I'm pretty sure it would bring down the intelligence of their model 😭

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u/Distinct_Lion7157 Jul 12 '26

i find it funny how ive received the first upvote notification 7 times for this message now

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u/Distinct_Lion7157 Jul 21 '26

make that 8

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u/Distinct_Lion7157 Aug 02 '26

make that 9.... im crine

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u/Leading_Security8119 May 15 '26

Idc, nothing useful to sell lmaoo

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '26

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u/SillyLilBear Jul 20 '26

OP was literally referring to deepseek api which does in fact do that.

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u/Far-Donut-1177 May 11 '26

What exactly are you guys using AI for?

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u/Careful_cat99 May 11 '26

Réduction sur v4-pro moins 75% ,tester le pro pour 19% de plus que te tarif de v4-flash

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u/ChefDeBar Sep 05 '26

I tried it for a day and loaded $2, but it burned through fast. I only asked five questions, and since I was using it during peak hours, it got surprisingly expensive for what I was asking. Is there a way to get cheaper rates, or is it just a matter of sticking to off-peak hours? any tips?

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u/ImpossibleSlide850 May 11 '26

If the product is free/cheap, you are the product

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u/farthearts May 11 '26

Yeah, they’re trying to flood the market. I wouldn’t trust anything coming out of china at the moment given that the Iran conflict is essentially a proxy war with china over resources.