[d4rkp4ttern]

But you can directly use it via the deepseek platform via an OpenAI-compatible API. Does OpenRouter offer any advantages?

https://platform.deepseek.com/usage

[atroche]

One key, one base_url config, one billing account. If you like to mess around with many different models it's very convenient.

[rubslopes]

Yes, all of that. In addition, you can easily give the same prompt to several models at the same time to see how they respond.

[d4rkp4ttern]

Thanks, I was more curious whether they offer a better TOPS. Also there’s this concerning skepticism about OpenRouter:

https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/s/uGxhqi1YYh