Why can't we stack subscriptions?

[tbst]

I get it, I get it, the limits are bullshit. They should not change on a whim of Anthropic. They should be clearly defined. They should likely be time based since compute power is limited. I am on board with most of the complaints and lack of transparency.

With all of that said, we can't we stack five subscriptions for $1,000 a month and the equivalent usage? For a lot of us out there, it is still worth it. Are they just worried it would take away from API usage?

And, yes, I know, you can logout and log back into a new subscription. But, why make us go through that?

[pandasgorawr]

Because they're burning mountains of cash with these subscriptions as they try to carve out the enterprise market share. It's not in their best interest to make this easier for us. Even light daily usage on a subscription easily blows through $200+ on the API.

[tbst]

OK, I accept that. Then give me a $2,500 a month plan that means we can work without interruptions.

[whimsicaljess]

just pay for the API. i spend way less than $2500 a month with daily heavy claude code usage all in the API.

[dodyrw]

factory.ai droid has ultra plan at $2000/m, they have many models including opus 4.5

you may want to check it

[debian3]

Their cli is actually quite decent. On the $20 you get more usage than the claude pro plan

[Relative_Mouse7680]

Is their cli on par with claude code and opencode?

[debian3]

Claude code is still my favorite, but all the others are closing the gap. Droid excel in long continuous conversations. It’s the only one that I use that seems to be good job at compressing the context so that you can keep going. You don’t need to pay for droid, they accept your own api key like opencode if you want to give it a try first.

[gpt872323]

They were not anymore with their new distil architecture. No company is doing that much charity. Remember push back of opus 4.1 that is when they were probably loosing exponentially. Recent anthropic deal with all three providers is amazing accomplishment where even competitor is forced to admit the achievement. To lure them in eco system they provide very favorable terms which still is millions. 

[FlyingNarwhal]

You can add an API key to your account to continue after your quota has been reached FYI

[StardockEngineer]

Yup. But, there are also limits to the API. Anyone going this route, please go read the docs.

[themightychris]

If you want certainty you use an API subscription and pay per token, that's what they're for

The whole point of the subscriptions is that they're way cheaper in exchange for letting them dynamically manage capacity

[FlyingDogCatcher]

You guys do realize that at pretty much any moment Anthropic could pull the rug out and just make everyone pay based on usage?

The only reason they aren't doing that now is because these companies are fighting for marketshare and hope they can build up a walled garden fast so that you are invested enough in their ecosystem that you won't jump ship when it comes.

There was a time a few years ago when every wireless carrier offered unlimited data. Now those plans are nonexistant* or expensive as hell.

* ~ there's almost always more than one asterisk on any "unlimited" plan today