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Ask HN: What's the latest concensus on OpenAI vs. Anthropic $20/month tier?

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Re: Ask HN: What's the latest concensus on OpenAI vs. Anthropic $20/month tier?

#11
I know with Claude, hitting 5 messages every 5 hours mid-task is a real workflow problem.

Many times, when i used to hit claude limits mid task and switched to ChatGPT thinking the no-limit thing would make up for it. But it's really annoying.

I ended up just being more deliberate about how i use Claude. longer more complete prompts instead of back and forth, which naturally stretches the messages further. not a perfect fix but it changed the experience enough to stick with it.

Re: Ask HN: What's the latest concensus on OpenAI vs. Anthropic $20/month tier?

#12
My current split: Claude for code, Gemini for harder reasoning, ChatGPT for more structured output.

ChatGPT is still useful, but mostly for tasks where formatting, organization, and response shape matter. If I’m judging mostly on raw capability, probably rank Gemini above it.

Re: Ask HN: What's the latest concensus on OpenAI vs. Anthropic $20/month tier?

#13

Claude is good for producing 1 shot polished apps, but you will quickly burn through your allowance. Chatgpt needs more prompting to get what you want, but its nearly impossible to reach your limit.

I have the same experience with Claude, but it's been rare for me to hit limits. I tend to ask it one or two improvements to the app and then I have a time burden of using the app to make sure it's still what I intended. I have the $200 per year plan which I think is the same as $20 per month just I paid in bulk for a discount.

Re: Ask HN: What's the latest concensus on OpenAI vs. Anthropic $20/month tier?

#14
My experience is that it all comes down to personal fit and feel. I switched from ChatGPT to Clause several months ago and much prefer it - although do get frustrated at glitches and hitting limits. But I'm a writer and academic, and the LLM fits my purpose better. With what I do ChatGPT does nott feel great to use.

Re: Ask HN: What's the latest concensus on OpenAI vs. Anthropic $20/month tier?

#16

Claude is good for producing 1 shot polished apps, but you will quickly burn through your allowance. Chatgpt needs more prompting to get what you want, but its nearly impossible to reach your limit.

I have the same experience with Claude, but it's been rare for me to hit limits. I tend to ask it one or two improvements to the app and then I have a time burden of using the app to make sure it's still what I intended. I have the $200 per year plan which I think is the same as $20 per month just I paid in bulk for a discount.

I get it to do my testing for me aswell.

Re: Ask HN: What's the latest concensus on OpenAI vs. Anthropic $20/month tier?

#17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have the same experience with Claude, but it's been rare for me to hit limits. I tend to ask it one or two improvements to the app and then I have a time burden of using the app to make sure it's still what I intended. I have the $200 per year plan which I think is the same as $20 per month just I paid in bulk for a discount.

I get it to do my testing for me aswell.

That's a great idea! I'll try it out, it might save me a lot of time. I haven't really done user testing before, how do you test for things like 'still feels responsive ' and 'is easy to use one handed'? I'm currently running with 0 programmed tests but I do spend like 4+ hours just using the app between Claude sessions.

Re: Ask HN: What's the latest concensus on OpenAI vs. Anthropic $20/month tier?

#18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I get it to do my testing for me aswell.

That's a great idea! I'll try it out, it might save me a lot of time. I haven't really done user testing before, how do you test for things like 'still feels responsive ' and 'is easy to use one handed'? I'm currently running with 0 programmed tests but I do spend like 4+ hours just using the app between Claude sessions.

I write my goals. Claude drafts a plan. I then feed it to Claude Chrome extension for live testing. Claude Chrome extension will set up the console inspector, measure response times and change UA if it's part of the plan. I'm sure you could tell Claude Chrome extension "ok make this change on the fly" by injecting JS into the console and do AB testing and output the result in an easy to understand report.
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