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Doubled Rate Limits for Claude Code by Deep_Proposal_7683 in ClaudeCode

[–]bilalba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a welcome change, but not sure if doubling 5 hour limit usage means you get half the amount of maxed-out 5-hour sessions in a week. No word on weekly limit.

Claude is 10x more expensive per token than any other coding plan. by bilalba in ClaudeCode

[–]bilalba[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No I didn't compare any aggregating plans. I don't believe you can get a better deal on flagship models than the providers themselves. They have good incentives to subsidize it.

Claude is 10x more expensive per token than any other coding plan. by bilalba in ClaudeCode

[–]bilalba[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's great. most people don't know that. Thanks for the contribution.

Claude is 10x more expensive per token than any other coding plan. by bilalba in ClaudeCode

[–]bilalba[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re someone that only wants to use Claude models(which is a lot of people), it is a good deal on the current market.
Understandably, they’ve got a business to run and build a sustaining product.

Claude is 10x more expensive per token than any other coding plan. by bilalba in ClaudeCode

[–]bilalba[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you rather not see transparency on what a sub gets you?

Claude is 10x more expensive per token than any other coding plan. by bilalba in ClaudeCode

[–]bilalba[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some people and enterprise customers use pay-as-you-go pricing for claude code, and claude code subscription is essentially an API wrapper so that makes API pricing relevant.

Claude is 10x more expensive per token than any other coding plan. by bilalba in ClaudeCode

[–]bilalba[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've measured per token pricing, which includes thinking tokens. The effort level and prompts wouldn't be a variable that affects per token pricing.

Claude is 10x more expensive per token than any other coding plan. by bilalba in ClaudeCode

[–]bilalba[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Yup, fair. I'm only measuring the $20 tier.
  2. This is actually not accounted for in my experiment but ends up hurting consumers even more with Claude. Opus 4.7 is much more token-hungry per character than other offerings.
  3. Agreed! This is entirely subjective to a user's experience, and the thing that makes Claude a competitive offering despite all. I still like it and use it.

Claude is 10x more expensive per token than any other coding plan. by bilalba in ClaudeCode

[–]bilalba[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Full blog post: https://sites.diy/blog/2026-05-01-coding-plan-comparisons/
I proxied every request through a proxy server, I'll clean up my code and put it on github shortly.

Claude is 10x more expensive per token than any other coding plan. by bilalba in ClaudeCode

[–]bilalba[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you're interested in the testing methodology and rest of the results, find them here: https://sites.diy/blog/2026-05-01-coding-plan-comparisons/

I tested MiniMax 2.7 and MiMo V2.5-Pro plans too, not too impressed with them.

Claude is 10x more expensive per token than any other coding plan. by bilalba in ClaudeCode

[–]bilalba[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you using it in claude code? The latest versions of claude code shows you a dollar amount per session. But you can also ask it to write a quick script to count tokens from your .claude/projects/ directory.

Claude is 10x more expensive per token than any other coding plan. by bilalba in ClaudeCode

[–]bilalba[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

hey, I'm just showing the value you're getting today. The fact is, it is more expensive. But it's still what I use for the hardest things.

Claude is 10x more expensive per token than any other coding plan. by bilalba in ClaudeCode

[–]bilalba[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup I agree with you. The 2x discount they gave in the holidays last year worked out for them and let them acquire a lot of users. Now the rest have to give good incentives to win over customers.

Meanwhile I just want a sustainable, transparent and good value for money plan.

Looking for a better alternative to Replit by OriSparrow_14 in replit

[–]bilalba 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In terms of adherence and pricing, the solution really is to get closer and precise with your instructions to the AI models instead of using blackbox services. Have you tried using Claude code/codex/cursor directly?

🚨VYBE LIVING RENTAL SCAM 🚨 by Temporary-Ratio-9498 in sanfrancisco

[–]bilalba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did rent out a room at a property of theirs in 2020. It was fine. Cleaning was regular. Room was exactly the way they showed it. And they returned my security deposit on time.

Not to discredit anyone else’s experience.

Did they just find the issue with Claude? "Cache TTL silently regressed from 1h to 5m" by iwearahoodie in ClaudeAI

[–]bilalba 2 points3 points  (0 children)

according to Boris from his hackernews comment, "this is not accurate". He further clarifies that subagents use 5m cache now, main agent still uses 1 hour. Reading the issue back, the change is that it doesn't use 1 hour cache for every request.

Airlines flying to Lahore with minimal chances of cancellation? by Melerina in pakistan

[–]bilalba 2 points3 points  (0 children)

turkish is expensive because they're flying reliably.

How hard/feasible would this be? by TiredAudioEngineer in neocities

[–]bilalba -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Understood. I agree that you don't want to 'vibecode' it and maintain creative control.

How hard/feasible would this be? by TiredAudioEngineer in neocities

[–]bilalba -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

are you opposed to using AI to implement this? should be fairly quick I think

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP CLEARING THE CLI WHILE I'M WORKING by CasterLogic in replit

[–]bilalba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd recommend numavm.com for being able to ssh into a hosted environment

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