成本差距扩大，中国模型在OpenRouter流量占比达46%
中国模型在OpenRouter上的周流量占比超过30%，从去年的11%上升，Lindy等初创公司从Claude转向DeepSeek以节省数百万成本。
chinese ai models from deepseek and z.ai have surged on openrouter, consistently exceeding 30% of weekly traffic since february and hitting 46% peaks, compared to an 11% average in 2023. openrouter reports these open-source models run 60-90% cheaper than us alternatives, prompting startups like lindy to migrate entire workloads from claude to deepseek. despite chinese models trailing us leaders by 6-9 months in benchmarks, the massive price arbitrage is driving adoption. this trend signals that enterprise buyers are prioritizing cost efficiency over marginal capability gains.