{"slug": "cut-claude-code-bill-by-routing-to-deepseek-or-grok", "title": "Cut Claude Code Bill by Routing to DeepSeek or Grok", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "Hacker News\nnew\n|\npast\n|\ncomments\n|\nask\n|\nshow\n|\njobs\n|\nsubmit\nlogin\nCut Claude Code Bill by Routing to DeepSeek or Grok\n1 point\nby\nleanroute_ai\n29 minutes ago\n|\nhide\n|\npast\n|\nfavorite\n|\ndiscuss\nTried 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\nTry it out and let me know.\nhelp\nGuidelines\n|\nFAQ\n|\nLists\n|\nAPI\n|\nSecurity\n|\nLegal\n|\nApply to YC\n|\nContact\nSearch:", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cut-claude-code-bill-by-routing-to-deepseek-or-grok", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49488963", "published_at": "2026-08-29 11:18:02+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-29 11:48:23.644690+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "ai-infrastructure", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Claude Code", "DeepSeek", "Grok", "Leanroute.dev"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cut-claude-code-bill-by-routing-to-deepseek-or-grok", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cut-claude-code-bill-by-routing-to-deepseek-or-grok.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cut-claude-code-bill-by-routing-to-deepseek-or-grok.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cut-claude-code-bill-by-routing-to-deepseek-or-grok.jsonld"}}