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Cut Claude Code Bill by Routing to DeepSeek or Grok

A developer claims that routing Claude Code requests to alternative models such as DeepSeek or Grok can cut costs by 60%, based on a blog post from Leanroute.dev. The post describes using the Leanroute.dev MCP to implement multi-provider routing, which reportedly reduces Claude Code bills while maintaining functionality.

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Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login Cut Claude Code Bill by Routing to DeepSeek or Grok 1 point by leanroute_ai 29 minutes ago | hide | past | favorite | discuss

Tried this with Leanroute.dev MCP, it really works. Posted a blog post about this - https://leanroute.dev/blog/cut-claude-code-bills-60-percent-multi-provider-routing
Try it out and let me know.

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