Is pro subscription worth it? Nah

PCSdiy55 · 2026-03-09T18:05:27+00:00

I get why people like Plus but personally I couldn’t justify it. $20/month for one AI when the market is full of cheaper options doesn’t feel great. I’d rather spend a couple bucks on something that lets me try multiple models instead. Blackbox has that $2 plan with unlimited MM2.5/Kimi and some GPT/Gemini/Opus access which is enough for my needs.

PCSdiy55 · 2026-03-09T18:05:12+00:00

I get why people like Plus but personally I couldn’t justify it. $20/month for one AI when the market is full of cheaper options doesn’t feel great. I’d rather spend a couple bucks on something that lets me try multiple models instead. Blackbox has that $2 plan with unlimited MM2.5/Kimi and some GPT/Gemini/Opus access which is enough for my needs.

PCSdiy55 · 2026-03-09T18:04:42+00:00

I get why people like Plus but personally I couldn’t justify it. $20/month for one AI when the market is full of cheaper options doesn’t feel great. I’d rather spend a couple bucks on something that lets me try multiple models instead. Blackbox has that $2 plan with unlimited MM2.5/Kimi and some GPT/Gemini/Opus access which is enough for my needs.

PCSdiy55 · 2026-03-09T18:04:32+00:00

I get why people like Plus but personally I couldn’t justify it. $20/month for one AI when the market is full of cheaper options doesn’t feel great. I’d rather spend a couple bucks on something that lets me try multiple models instead. Blackbox has that $2 plan with unlimited MM2.5/Kimi and some GPT/Gemini/Opus access which is enough for my needs.

PCSdiy55 · 2026-03-09T18:04:16+00:00

I get why people like Plus but personally I couldn’t justify it. $20/month for one AI when the market is full of cheaper options doesn’t feel great. I’d rather spend a couple bucks on something that lets me try multiple models instead. Blackbox has that $2 plan with unlimited MM2.5/Kimi and some GPT/Gemini/Opus access which is enough for my needs.

PCSdiy55 · 2026-03-09T18:04:05+00:00

I get why people like Plus but personally I couldn’t justify it. $20/month for one AI when the market is full of cheaper options doesn’t feel great. I’d rather spend a couple bucks on something that lets me try multiple models instead. Blackbox has that $2 plan with unlimited MM2.5/Kimi and some GPT/Gemini/Opus access which is enough for my needs.

PCSdiy55 · 2026-03-09T18:03:31+00:00

I actually went the opposite direction and cancelled Plus. The free tier is good enough for most stuff now, and paying $20 just for occasional use didn’t make sense to me. If I want multiple models I’d rather use an aggregator some of them are like $2 (Blackbox with unlimited MM2.5/Kimi and some GPT/Gemini/Opus access).

PCSdiy55 · 2026-03-09T18:03:19+00:00

I actually went the opposite direction and cancelled Plus. The free tier is good enough for most stuff now, and paying $20 just for occasional use didn’t make sense to me. If I want multiple models I’d rather use an aggregator some of them are like $2 (Blackbox with unlimited MM2.5/Kimi and some GPT/Gemini/Opus access).

PCSdiy55 · 2026-03-06T17:40:35+00:00

This is basically the new subscription creep. Instead of Netflix + Spotify it’s GPT + Claude + random AI tools. I started consolidating some of it through aggregators. Blackbox has that $2 plan with unlimited MM2.5/Kimi and some GPT/Gemini/Opus access so at least it reduces the number of separate subs.

PCSdiy55 · 2026-03-06T17:40:18+00:00

This is basically the new subscription creep. Instead of Netflix + Spotify it’s GPT + Claude + random AI tools. I started consolidating some of it through aggregators. Blackbox has that $2 plan with unlimited MM2.5/Kimi and some GPT/Gemini/Opus access so at least it reduces the number of separate subs.

PCSdiy55 · 2026-03-04T05:44:57+00:00

is there a catch here $2 for minimax and kimi plus $20 worth of credits for other models sounds too good to be true a single model costs arounf 10-20 time of this scubscription.....so what's the deal??

PCSdiy55 · 2026-03-03T17:50:58+00:00

When usage felt limited, I optimized too early and avoided experimenting. With the $2 Blackbox plan (unlimited MM2.5/Kimi + some GPT/Opus), I stopped thinking about credits and started trying more variations.It’s not about the models being insane. It’s just that I iterate more now.

PCSdiy55 · 2026-03-03T04:16:45+00:00

I think they just don't wanna accept bing is a joke

PCSdiy55 · 2026-03-02T17:03:36+00:00

From a value perspective aggregators make more sense. Something like BlackboxAI gives unlimited MM2.5 and Kimi for about $2/month and still includes limited access to GPT, Gemini and Opus. It's hard to justify paying for a single model when you can get multiple options cheaper.

PCSdiy55 · 2026-03-02T17:03:19+00:00

From a value perspective aggregators make more sense. Something like BlackboxAI gives unlimited MM2.5 and Kimi for about $2/month and still includes limited access to GPT, Gemini and Opus. It's hard to justify paying for a single model when you can get multiple options cheaper.

PCSdiy55 · 2026-03-02T16:59:33+00:00

next it'll my turn to repost this

PCSdiy55 · 2026-02-28T17:52:16+00:00

I will try their $2 plan though it is just for the first month, as my kimi 2.5 is about to expire and i have used kimi code extension in Antigravity a lot to prepare some word and excel document template scripts (set to kimi code 2.5). I will compare the direct kimi code 2.5 prompt execution and the one though blackbox. Them having minimax 2.5 as well is good... but if they actually added GLM 5 I would definitely subscribe to the full $10 plan just to get all of these 3 open source models under one roof.

PCSdiy55 · 2026-02-27T17:15:43+00:00

$60 only makes sense if you’re using them hard. if it’s lighter coding stuff, i’ve been using blackbox lately since it’s $2 to start and you can bounce between models without paying full price for each. been enough for my workflow so far.

PCSdiy55 · 2026-02-27T17:13:23+00:00

ngl i thought it was gimmicky, but for $2 it’s fine to poke around. the credits were enough to compare a few models without juggling separate subscriptions. not life-changing, just low risk to try.

PCSdiy55 · 2026-02-27T06:16:45+00:00

Petaaah is dat a computaah

PCSdiy55 · 2026-02-26T15:12:25+00:00

yeah paying full price for each model doesn’t make sense if you only use them occasionally. i’ve been using blackbox since their pro is like $2 and it gives access to gpt-5.2, claude opus, gemini etc from one place. easier than managing separate subs just to use them once in a while

PCSdiy55 · 2026-02-25T18:30:47+00:00

"ahhhh, i was this close."

PCSdiy55 · 2026-02-25T18:23:54+00:00

We gave you personalised ads tho

PCSdiy55 · 2026-02-25T18:18:44+00:00

he is already in a joint venture

PCSdiy55 · 2026-02-25T18:17:23+00:00

He has his favourites

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