I think it's unclear the the DS hosted prices are profitable. AFAIK that haven't claimed that.
OTOH, the multiple providers who have settled around the same price point ($3.48/M output tokens for multiple providers with good reputations) does indicate where it is profitable: https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro#providers
OTOH, the multiple providers who have settled around the same price point ($3.48/M output tokens for multiple providers with good reputations) does indicate where it is profitable: https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro#providers