I thought the DeepSeek price increase wouldn’t matter until my n8n workflow turned 1 task into 3 billable model runs
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I used to think model pricing changes were mostly a finance problem. Then I watched a “cheap” automation stop being cheap the second it hit real production behavior. That’s why the recent DeepSeek pricing discussion matters. Not because one provider changed a rate card. Because it exposes the thing…
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- 2026-09-15 06:10 · DEV Community — AI
I thought the DeepSeek price increase wouldn’t matter until my n8n workflow turned 1 task into 3 billable model runs