Post: "Same DeepSeek V4.1 Flash job on two providers: 60% vs 97% cache hit rate"
r/openrouter
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[comment u/Different-Monk5916] To avoid all this complications, plus 5.5% platform charge, I stick to DS official.
“I am getting 98.2% cache hit rate on Novita via OpenRouter. 7 billion Tokens total. Your n=1 measurement plainly isn't worth shit.”
u/_FlyingWhales2 points · Sep 27, 2026View
“this has been my experience. a few of the providers in openrouter have low cache hit rate that it indirectly takes up the costs. To avoid all this complications, plus 5.5% platform charge, I stick to DS official.”
u/Different-Monk59161 points · Sep 26, 2026View
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