VideosBy Noemi Titarenco

I'm tired of pretending DeepSeek isn't the best model

I run DeepSeek v4.1 Flash off-peak as my daily driver, and people keep asking why I don't just use Opus. So I put my real 30-day token usage through every model's published prices. The bill was $192.10 for 3.57 billion tokens, against $6,182.92 for the same volume on Opus 5.5. In the video I walk through the whole table and show where I run DeepSeek, plus where OpenCode Go or Fireworks fit in if you want a US provider.

Noemi Titarenco

I spend a lot of time thinking about (software and business) problems - sometimes I get around to writing about it, and you get to read about it here.

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