AIDeepSeek pricing and the challenge of cheaper self-hosting
A user says they have no bulk deal with DeepSeek and absorb new-model costs until they can host the models themselves or with a partner.
TLDR
Asked whether they have a bulk deal with DeepSeek, a user says no: its aggressive pricing makes further discounts difficult even at their volume. They say they absorb costs when new models arrive until they can host them themselves or with another partner. Self-hosting is particularly hard to make cheaper than DeepSeek at its cache ratio, they add. To beat that price, they say they need to work deeper in the technology stack and are doing so now.
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DeepSeek pricing and the challenge of cheaper self-hosting
A user says they have no bulk deal with DeepSeek and absorb new-model costs until they can host the models themselves or with a partner.
TLDR
Asked whether they have a bulk deal with DeepSeek, a user says no: its aggressive pricing makes further discounts difficult even at their volume. They say they absorb costs when new models arrive until they can host them themselves or with another partner. Self-hosting is particularly hard to make cheaper than DeepSeek at its cache ratio, they add. To beat that price, they say they need to work deeper in the technology stack and are doing so now.