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Long-form analysis of open-weights inference pricing, hosting tradeoffs, and market trends.
DeepSeek V3.2 cheapest hosting in May 2026
Last verified: 2026-05-17
Side-by-side input/output pricing, p50 TTFT, and rate limits for DeepSeek V3.2 across Together, DeepInfra, Fireworks, Groq, and OpenRouter.
How to pick a Llama 3.3 70B host for production RAG
Last verified: 2026-05-17
Llama 3.3 70B RAG hosting compared: prompt caching, context, throughput, and total monthly cost at 100M tokens across 5 providers.
Open-weights inference price trends Q1 2026
Last verified: 2026-05-17
Aggregate $/1M blended dropped 26% in Q1 2026. Per-family breakdown across Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek, Mistral with Q2/Q3 forecast.