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DeepSeek R1 & V3 API, 10x cheaper than OpenAI
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Running DeepSeek V3 (685B) requires 8×H100 GPUs which is about $14k/month. Most developers only need 15-25 tok/s. sllm lets you join a cohort of developers sharing a dedicated node. You reserve a spot with your card, and nobody is charged until the cohort fills. Prices start at $5/mo for smaller models. The LLMs are completely private (we don't log any traffic). The API is OpenAI-compatible (we run vLLM), so you just swap the base URL. Currently offering a few models.
Apr 2026 · sllm.cloud
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Cut your Claude and GPT API costs by up to 96%
Jul 2026 · cheap-ai-apis.carrd.co
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Affordable DeepSeek & Qwen API cheaper than official pricing
May 2026 · deeproute-api.duckdns.org
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OpenAI-compatible API for DeepSeek V3, R1, and Qwen3.5-35B
Apr 2026 · quicksilverpro.io
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I'm working on making it easier to use open-source AI models by providing simple APIs. Last week, OpenAI released Whisper v3, which showed improved performance across all its 100+ supported languages. We tried to optimize it as much as possible to be able to offer it for $0.0028 per minute (vs $0.006 on OpenAI). I hope it's helpful for someone: https://www.lemonfox.ai/apis/speech-to-text
2023
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Hi HN! Since the launch of JigsawStack.com, we've been trying to dive deeper into fully managed AI APIs built and fine tuned for specific use cases. Audio/video transcription was one of the more basic things and we wanted the best open source model at this point it is OpenAI's whisper large v3 model based on the number of languages it supports and its accuracy. The thing is, the model is huge and requires tons of GPU power for it to run efficiently at scale. Even OpenAI doesn't provide an API for their best transcription model while only providing whisper v2 at a pretty high price. I…
2024 · github.com
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There is an adversarial relationship between developers and big model labs. Model labs charged developers higher API prices to subsidize their own agent harness offerings. Think Anthropic charging 5x higher Claude API prices to subsidize consumer subscriptions. So Cursor in a way was subsidizing their own direct competitor. DeepSeek V4 Flash totally inverted this relationship. Now you have a model that beats even Sonnet in some benchmarks and is totally opensourced. Now inference providers are racing to the bottom to optimize and give cheaper hosting. Every player with a non-SOTA is now…
Jun 2026 · rtrvr.ai
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Hey HN! I've been working on a side project to create an audio transcription API based on the OpenAI whisper model. Sign up link: https://whisperapi.com I tried to make the API really easy to use and get setup with. Also, because the Whisper model is so good, turns out I can offer the service for about 75% cheaper than what seems like the industry average. I'm always looking to make improvements, so would appreciate any feedback anyone has!
2022 · whisperapi.com
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