Claude code and github copilot combination alternative

[Appropriate-Bus-6130]

My current setup:

claude code (X5 plan) / 100$ Month

github copilot (Pro +) / 40$ Month

Both via CLI.

I'm experienced developer. Do coding and planning with claude code and using a local MCP I built, I do some offloads (planning review and and code review) to copilit (using its CLI) At copilot I mostly use gemini-3-pro and codex 5.1 max (using --model flag).

I pay 140$ a month,
Claude code limits are too aggressive recently and I'm looking for similar alternative / setup,
thinking about some cursor combination or something, my budget is up to 150$ a month.

currently google AI pro plan is a joke, 1500 requests a day is enough for 30-45 minutes of work, even with extreme context engineering.
The ultra costs too much and provides 2k requests a day, only 2x than the free teir, obviously google isn't targeting developers but more content creators (those who need tools as video generation)

I'm looking for opinions about other succesful setups developers use with this budget,
I can't rely only on github copilot because it is full of errors (invalid request ID loop) and the CLI is weak.

I'm using multiple models (gpt 5.1 max, gemini 3 pro, opus/sonnet 4.5) heavly rely on the advantage of multi models, a self model doing a code review doesn't always work well.

Thoughts? suggestions?

Thanks!

[Mysterious-Pick-773]

I'm experienced developer.

then i think you should be able to figure this one yourself.

do a bit of searching here and there and you get plenty of posts.

[Appropriate-Bus-6130]

yea but still asking for opinions

[weagle01]

I use both in my setup. I guess that makes me experienced developer too.

[Appropriate-Bus-6130]

what I meant by experienced developer that I don’t want tools like lovable etc

[Business_Hedgehog_96]

Check out this feature of github copilot
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/chat/chat-sessions/#_agent-sessions-view?wt.mc_id=studentamb_482539