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DeepSeek costs OpenCode Go user $1.14/day; dual DGX breaks even in 24 years
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An OpenCode Go user found that DeepSeek flash v4 API costs averaged $1.14/day, making a $10,000 dual DGX local setup take 24 years to break even at typical usage volumes.
For engineers evaluating on-premises AI infrastructure, the economics of API consumption heavily favor cloud usage at individual or small-team scales. The break-even math only shifts toward local hardware at significantly higher usage volumes, challenging the assumption that self-hosting saves money.
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The average OpenCode Go user spent $1.14/day on DeepSeek flash v4 via API.
A dual DGX setup priced at $10,000 takes 24 years to break even at average usage levels.
At 10x average usage, the break-even period drops to 2.4 years.
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