Developer Compares AI API Costs: DeepSeek Proves Durable, Zhipu and Alibaba Bailian Burn Credits Quickly
English summary
A developer shared their cost comparison of various AI API services. DeepSeek's pricing proved extremely durable: a fellow user spent only 100 yuan over half a year, and the author's 20 yuan top-up lasted a long time. In contrast, Zhipu's resource pack was exhausted within 2 hours on a single task, and Alibaba Bailian's DeepSeek offering consumed free credits quickly, resulting in an unexpected debt of 7.49 yuan with a delayed warning. The author now primarily uses ChatGPT but supplements it with Claude and DeepSeek due to ChatGPT's rapid quota exhaustion.
Chinese summary
一位开发者分享了多家AI API服务的成本对比体验。DeepSeek的价格极为耐用：一位用户充值100元用了半年仍未用完，作者自己充值20元也使用了很久。相比之下，智谱的资源包在两小时内被一个任务耗尽，而阿里百炼的DeepSeek服务免费额度快速用光并导致欠费7.49元，预警通知在事后才发出。作者目前以ChatGPT为主，但因额度消耗过快，同时搭配使用Claude和DeepSeek。
Key points
DeepSeek's API credits are very durable; a user spent only 100 yuan over 6 months without exhausting it.
DeepSeek的API额度非常耐用，有用户充值100元使用半年仍未用完。
The author's 20 yuan top-up also lasted a long time, even with increased recent usage.
作者充值20元也使用了很久，即使近期用量上升。
Zhipu's 29.9 yuan resource pack was consumed in just 2 hours on a single task.
智谱的29.9元资源包，一个任务未完成就在2小时内耗尽。
Alibaba Bailian's DeepSeek service consumed free credits unnoticed and resulted in a 7.49 yuan debt, with a warning arriving only after the fact.
阿里百炼的DeepSeek服务免费额度无声用尽并产生7.49元欠费，预警通知事后才发送。
The author uses ChatGPT as primary but relies on Claude and DeepSeek due to ChatGPT's fast quota depletion.
作者以ChatGPT为主力，但因额度消耗快，通过接入Claude和DeepSeek协同工作。