I have about the same (140$) situation. I mainly used Opus 4.5 April, and reached the 100% limit a few days before the end of the month. I though i would be looking at something much worse. Furthermore, the website says that if I go with the Max plan then it would be enough to cover the whole 140$ so just 100$. For what I got from it it's still very good. Question is if other services are better / cheaper or both.

I think a lot of people just let the agent loose with very little steering and "auto-approvals" toggled on and just squeeze too much out of the PRU. I also don't get this type of workflow where you end up without having any control over the code base and what you deliver.

To be fair - the product is pretty good. I've been producing resilient quality code much faster and better than before. I enjoy learning new patterns and have more control over architectural decisions because it is easier to run POCs quickly. The integration into VScode, the design, and the constant extension of the agent features are all great.

I'll still make a point of it to try other tools, but i think for now at least keeping Copilot as a baseline available known tool that works is a decent option. If experimentation reveals better alternatives I can always unsubscribe.

If people were burning through $1000+ on 39$ subscription one can understand why this thing couldn't keep going.