DeepSeek V4 Flash: Frontier AI for 9 Cents
DeepSeek V4 Flash is the closest thing to free frontier AI available right now. It runs at 9 cents in and 18 cents out per million tokens, roughly 180x cheaper than Fable 5, while landing within 5% of frontier models on benchmarks. I show you exactly what I pay as a heavy user running 20 automations a day, how to access it through OpenRouter, which agent to pair it with depending on your level, and the one real limitation you need to work around.
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 The closest thing to free frontier AI 0:19 What frontier models actually cost you 1:09 The benchmarks vs Opus 4.8 (with a grain of salt) 1:45 What heavy daily usage really costs me 2:10 Why you should run it through OpenRouter 2:47 Which agent to use: Pi vs Hermes 3:39 Why I recommend Hermes for beginners 3:57 Hermes as my personal nutrition coach 4:21 Setup: make V4 the brain, run high reasoning 4:38 The one real limitation: it is text only 5:04 The fix: borrowing vision from another model 5:34 My actual OpenRouter spend, day by day 5:50 Where DeepSeek falls short 6:16 A 3D solar system built for 28 cents 6:29 Where it shines: business and operations 7:16 Automations, Telegram and WhatsApp control 8:07 What to do next
🔗 CONNECT WITH ME:
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miguel-torrez/ 🌐 Genial Agency: https://genial-agency.com 🇫🇷 Luwai (French): https://luwai.fr 👤 Personal: https://migueltorrez.ai 📅 Book a chat: https://cal.com/miguel-torrez
🛠️ TOOLS MENTIONED:
• DeepSeek: https://www.deepseek.com • OpenRouter: https://openrouter.ai • Hermes Agent: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/
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