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Indie hacker tests Chinese AI APIs, finds DeepSeek beats GPT-4o on cost
An indie developer spent a month testing DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, and GLM APIs. DeepSeek V4 Flash costs $0.25 per million output tokens, compared to GPT-4o's $400+ monthly bill. The developer recommends DeepSeek for code generation and English tasks, while Kimi excels in reasoning and Chinese language.
Meridian48 take
The comparison is useful for cost-conscious developers, but real-world reliability and data privacy concerns with Chinese APIs remain unaddressed.
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