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Claude has the worst pricing – but people want it

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Re: Claude has the worst pricing – but people want it

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Post by nnurmanov »

nnurmanov wrote: post #18
nnurmanov wrote: post #5

This is basically why I built HailMary Fabric. Claude Code is good, but a lot of the cost is repo discovery: finding files, reading candidates, following imports, etc. Fabric indexes the repo locally and gives Claude Code the relevant context up front. Nothing goes to HailMary. Tiny early test on httpx: 58% lower API cost across 2 tasks, both passed tests. Repo is here if anyone wants to try it or poke holes in it: h…

To the comment below, I have no idea why CC subscription did not work, apparently they have some different way to connect? Thanks to the leaked source code, I am going to find it out:)

Fixed, now Fabric works with subscription plans as well. It took some time to figure it out, but the issue is resolved now. I shall push the updated release later to GitHub

Re: Claude has the worst pricing – but people want it

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Post by elevation »

amukbils wrote: post #3
pmontra wrote: post #2

Claude Pro with Sonnet 5 at $20 per month for a limit I never reach is OK. I'm using it 3 days per week full time. I'm also experimenting with DeepSeek 4 and it seems on par. Its API price is much cheaper and it's top up, not a subscription. I still didn't consume the $2 I loaded on my account sometimes in June. However they about to charge double price in what seems to be China's morning and afternoon.

are you using it to write code? $20/mo was never enough and I'm not even full time on coding .. yeah different models are worth experimenting .. but I'm okay with paying higher for the best model .. just need predictability and stability of pricing, which Claude doesn't give, and yet we still use and pay for .. because it's such a good product.

Yes, self contained python utilities.

Claude runs on an isolated machine with no access to production data, its role is to generate tools that we can use to analyze production data.

Re: Claude has the worst pricing – but people want it

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Post by leros »

amukbils wrote: post #3
pmontra wrote: post #2

Claude Pro with Sonnet 5 at $20 per month for a limit I never reach is OK. I'm using it 3 days per week full time. I'm also experimenting with DeepSeek 4 and it seems on par. Its API price is much cheaper and it's top up, not a subscription. I still didn't consume the $2 I loaded on my account sometimes in June. However they about to charge double price in what seems to be China's morning and afternoon.

are you using it to write code? $20/mo was never enough and I'm not even full time on coding .. yeah different models are worth experimenting .. but I'm okay with paying higher for the best model .. just need predictability and stability of pricing, which Claude doesn't give, and yet we still use and pay for .. because it's such a good product.

The $20/mo plan was almost enough for me coding daily. Once I added Claude Design, I'd easily spend $20-50/day in extra usage. Upgrading to the $100 Max plan, I never come anywhere near the limits.

Re: Claude has the worst pricing – but people want it

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Post by sudo_cowsay »

aclfe wrote: post #22
sudo_cowsay wrote: post #16

I use Codex and it works like magic.

Really? Somehow Codex worked horribly for me. I think the limits seem way worse than claude code, I tested it out for a month last week. Plus, somehow it doesn't feel even close to claude

I agree that the limits are terrible. However, I think it's a little bit of a glass half full or half empty. I decided to view it as a necessary pause so that I don't get addicted to the dopamine rush haha :)

Re: Claude has the worst pricing – but people want it

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Post by aclfe »

sudo_cowsay wrote: post #27
aclfe wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really? Somehow Codex worked horribly for me. I think the limits seem way worse than claude code, I tested it out for a month last week. Plus, somehow it doesn't feel even close to claude

I agree that the limits are terrible. However, I think it's a little bit of a glass half full or half empty. I decided to view it as a necessary pause so that I don't get addicted to the dopamine rush haha :)

lol that's fair, I tend to have higher requirements so I was even considering buying another account

Re: Claude has the worst pricing – but people want it

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Post by sudo_cowsay »

aclfe wrote: post #28
sudo_cowsay wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree that the limits are terrible. However, I think it's a little bit of a glass half full or half empty. I decided to view it as a necessary pause so that I don't get addicted to the dopamine rush haha :)

lol that's fair, I tend to have higher requirements so I was even considering buying another account

Yeah, I'm just a solo high schooler dev. Pros are much different :)

Re: Claude has the worst pricing – but people want it

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Post by aclfe »

sudo_cowsay wrote: post #29
aclfe wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

lol that's fair, I tend to have higher requirements so I was even considering buying another account

Yeah, I'm just a solo high schooler dev. Pros are much different :)

Hey I'm in college too! You have a whole life ahead, use it to the fullest :)
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