Choosing Between DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, and GLM at Scale
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Choosing Between DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, and GLM at Scale Six months ago, my cloud bill was scaring me. We were running everything through a single Western LLM provider, and the cost of inference was eating our runway alive. That's when I started digging seriously into the Chinese model ecosystem — not as a political statement, but as a CTO who needs to survive another quarter. What I found genuinely surprised me. DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, and GLM aren't just "cheap alternatives" anymore. Some of…
1Key Takeaways
- Choosing Between DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, and GLM at Scale Six months ago, my cloud bill was scaring me.
- We were running everything through a single Western LLM provider, and the cost of inference was eating our runway alive.
- That's when I started digging seriously into the Chinese model ecosystem — not as a political statement, but as a CTO who needs to survive another quarter.
- What I found genuinely surprised me.
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Coding AI shifts how fast software ships and how much human review each change needs. DEV — ML reports that choosing Between DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, and GLM at Scale Six months ago, my cloud bill was scaring me.
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