deepseek direct is much more cheaper than going through openrouter, openrouter price arbirtages (of course) and has a top up fee and does not pass the discounts that deepseek offer which is 50%+ discount when using it on off hours from beijing time.
meaning USA usage is 12 hours off so you can take advantage off off peak pricing
of course you can ask your ai flavor to tell you this but:
open router 5% deposi fee, none direct
deepseek does prompt caching for token discounts, openrouter not as easily but there
US daytime usage = automatic 50% discount direct w/ deepseek.
deepseek direct is much more cheaper than going through openrouter, openrouter price arbirtages (of course) and has a top up fee and does not pass the discounts that deepseek offer which is 50%+ discount when using it on off hours from beijing time.
meaning USA usage is 12 hours off so you can take advantage off off peak pricing
of course you can ask your ai flavor to tell you this but: open router 5% deposi fee, none direct deepseek does prompt caching for token discounts, openrouter not as easily but there
US daytime usage = automatic 50% discount direct w/ deepseek.