OpenCode's Free AI Models: How Are They Actually Making Money, and Are Paid APIs Still Worth It?
OpenCode is giving developers access to free hosted AI models, including DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. So who's paying for the GPUs, what's happening to your data, and can these free models actually compete with paid APIs? I dug into the business model, the privacy concerns, and tested both options across three real coding projects. You'll find all three prompts further down this article.
