The cheapest model per million tokens was the most expensive per request I measured nine model-task combinations on the same endpoint. Per-million pricing predicted almost none of it. Every "which model is cheapest" post compares price per million tokens. That number is ea2d ago · 5 min readswitchllm.hashnode.dev
Getting a DeepSeek, GLM or Kimi API key when your phone number and your card are the problemEvery few weeks someone emails the same thing: the model is fine, I just can't buy it. The models stopped being the hard part a while ago. Signing up is the hard part, and it fails in three separate p2d ago · 5 min readswitchllm.hashnode.dev
