A new open-source script swaps Claude Code's expensive Anthropic backend for DeepSeek V4 Pro, OpenRouter, or Fireworks AI—keeping the agent loop, slashing the bill.
NIST's CAISI evaluated DeepSeek V4 Pro using private benchmarks and a cost-comparison filter that excluded every US model except GPT-5.4 mini. Critics call the methodology convenient.
DeepSeek is touting its ultra-low charges for models unveiled last week, stoking price competition as China challenges the United States in artificial intelligence (AI). Developers are being offered 75 per cent discounts on the newly released DeepSeek V4 Pro. Fees for input cache hits across the Hangzhou-based company’s AI platforms have also been slashed to 10 per cent of the original price. That provides a cost saving for users who frequently make similar or repeat requests. The V4 Pro and the...
DeepSeek's V4 Pro model ranked second globally among open-source AI models, trailing Moonshot AI's Kimi K2.6, according to benchmark firm Artificial Analysis. While V4 Pro showed improvement over its predecessor V3.2, it still lagged behind top competitors, highlighting challenges facing Chinese AI firms racing to close the gap with the US amid intensifying competition and computing power constraints.
