In my (obviously anecdotal) testing, DeepseekV4 Pro was better than Sonnet at coding. However, it is much slower, but also many times cheaper, especially with the promotion right now.
replyDo they have a coding plan or you only pay per API call?
replyIt’s just per token, but burning up 100 million+ tokens is a $3 transaction with their pricing right now
replyDo you use the official API or another provider?
replyJust directly. Paid for it with PayPal. It’s quite simple to set up and use.
replyI use the official API, OpenRouter somehow didn't use caching and one short session with Qwen cost me $5.
replyYou pay per api call but you will be challenged to burn trough 20$ per month. 24/7 usage for single agent will probably cost you around 100$ per month. It is very efficient especially with modern harnesses.
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