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Modal was recommended as a potential provider for hosting the Deepseek V4 Flash AI model in a discussion about vendors that support Zero Data Retention.

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Post: "What are non-lobotomzied providers for Deepseek V4 Flash?"

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RedditSep 15, 2026By u/qwertyyyyyyy116

r/openrouter

What are non-lobotomzied providers for Deepseek V4 Flash?

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ZDR, so no StreamLake, Baidu, Alibaba, GMI, Atlas, or Cloudflare

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  • [comment u/DominikPlays] I think modal, fireworks, just look at the cache hit rate, quantization if it is not listed, do not use them, context, price and compare and tps it should be fine...

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  • “I think modal, fireworks, just look at the cache hit rate, quantization if it is not listed, do not use them, context, price and compare and tps it should be fine and via guardrails pin to one provider so it does nor switch between tool calls”

    u/DominikPlays2 points · Sep 16, 2026View

  • “with zdr forced on v4 flash azure is basically the only endpoint that currently shows yes on retention, so pin provider to azure or turn zdr off if you want deepinfra/fireworks style hosts.”

    u/locbuilds-1 points · Sep 15, 2026View

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Buying intent

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r/openrouter
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Event date
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Companies

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  • Microsoft AzureAlso named

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Sep 15, 2026
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