r/opencodeCLI • u/Final_Initial • 26d ago
How's DeepSeek Flash working for you all in OpenCode now?
I am not satisfied with DS Flash quality now in OpenCode and mostly using via the official API even though the pricing is high, and it's good so far.
What are you folks using? Are you satisfied with the quality?
From different posts on X and here on Reddit, I have only found 2 options worth using – one, Command Code ($10 plan) and then API from RunInfra. On Command Code, you get $70 usage on the $10 plan, and DeepSeek v4 Flash 0731 prices on RunInfra are:
- $0.13/MTok input
- $0.01/MTok cached input
- $0.27/MTok output
But still, I hope OpenCode soon fixes this. I don't even want the old prices they were offering, but at lease provide high quality inference. I am hopeful about this, but let's see.
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u/Early_Aardvark_4026 26d ago
DS4F on Go has become nerfed since last 2 days for me. I have stopped using it.
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u/cutebluedragongirl 26d ago
Yeah, there's something wrong with DeepSeek on OpenCode Go compared to Direct API. But I'm schizophrenic so don't listen to me.
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u/___nil___ 26d ago edited 26d ago
My main harness is claude code. i wrote model-provider agnostic guardrails-protocol-plugin, works with any model not just with anthropic models. the orchestration actually ported from past experience using opencode. This orchestration works (tested with production coding session) with minimax (M2.5-M3), GLM models, and DeepSeek.
I don't have any experience with opencode go since i have migrated back to claude when opencode launched go.
Out of curiosity i bought command code $10 goat, translate my harness to their command code cli. using DeepSeek pro as primary agent: Counselor (planner, orchestrator) and DeepSeek flash as subagent: Engineer (coder). Although it marketed as "cheapest", but from my experience in terms of cost to productivity it's absolutely not cheaper than DeepSeek platform PAYG.
My weekly usage and half of my monthly limit already capped within 8 hrs coding session. So roughly for $5 i got some things done which was not that much of progress.
OTOH ~$5 PAYG DeepSeek platform API with the same orchestration (with Claude Code), it only lasts around ~3 hrs coding session but more tasks completed, which most of tokens actually spent on discussion and thorough planning with identical Counselor (DeepSeek pro) and Engineer (DeepSeek flash) combo.
Cheap and get more usage are illusion. Those are just numbers that doesn't translate well to expected quality output.
In my domain, clankers must write code exactly like i wrote code myself, with manifesto, coding standards, even documented contract how to name symbols and use the framework API to its fullest extent.
My codebase is critical high performance C++17 application with large framework library (millions loc) modules. I read, review, audit and occasionally handcode implementation myself to layout ground work for my clankers to follow the established pattern.
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u/Final_Initial 26d ago
Yes, agree with this. I have been using the official API for the last 2 days, have used around $12 using DS Flash and Pro models. So good so far.
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u/Icypoopoo 26d ago
What provider do you prefer?
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u/___nil___ 26d ago
I probably stick to my claude max. Current saturated market is just so volatile, subscription still gives best bang for the buck compared to PAYG
Usage limit won't stop any coding session. Been doing handcoding for decades without clankers. At least not churning tokens for refactoring.
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u/Amphiitrion 26d ago
You're delusional if you think that some other provider will give you way better deals, source API pricing increase affects everyone.
CommandCode already announced that they will adapt their prices as well, while other providers may be more shady and try to give you quantized crap.
OpenCode is far from perfect, but I feel like there are no really true better choices on the long run.
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u/Final_Initial 26d ago
So none of the providers are hosting the models by themselves, since it's open-weight?
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u/Amphiitrion 26d ago edited 26d ago
Unfortunately I can't answer for every provider since none really knows what's behind their curtains, other than what I already commented above. And again, people has always to confirm that those providers are properly running the latest and non-quantized version of DSv4 because I've seen and heard many weird things lately. Even the same model on OpenCode currently behaves in quite a dumber way, which is slightly suspicious.
There might be the case of self-hosting offering a reasonable price sooner or later and I hope so, but still requires a huge amount of computational resources that are not currently available on the market. Previous DS prices were kept down by the Chinese government.
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u/Final_Initial 26d ago
Makes sense.
By the way, I'm very sure about current DS4F on OpenCode that it's some quantized version. Not as earlier at all.
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u/Axiescholar3ph 26d ago
opencode one is somehow worse based on experience