Yes, but even the cheapest providers on OpenRouter are charging at least 10x what DeepSeek does for cached input tokens, which is where DeepSeek gets most of the cheapness.
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reply(nevermind, I was reading DeepInfra as Deepseek. My bad)
replyYou are missing a 0 to the left of the 2 on Deepseek's number
replyThis would be more convincing if those providers had converged on a number that was not the exact pricing of DeepSeek themselves. Clearly DeepSeek is setting the price here and without them holding it down I expect increases.
replyNon necessarily, they can easily increase market share by staying where they are.
replyThe most expensive defines the price. Others need to be just slightly cheaper.
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