The thing is, Claude Code only works if you have the plan. It’s impossible to use it on the API, and it makes me wonder if $100/month is truly enough. I use it all day every day now, and I must be consuming a whole lot more than my $100 is worth.
The open source world is one where antirez, working on his own off in Sicily, could create a project like Redis and then watch it snowball as people all over got involved.
Needing a subscription to something only a large company can provide makes me unhappy.
We'll see if "can be run locally" models for more specific tasks like coding will become a thing, I guess.
I, for one, welcome our new LLM overlords.
The open source alternatives I've used aren't there yet on my 4090. Fingers crossed we'll get there.
What does this mean?
You can EASILY burn $20 a day doing little, and surely could top $50 a day.
It works fine, but the $100 I put in to test it out did not last very long even on Sonnet.
He uses two max plans ($200/mo + $200/mo) and his API estimate was north of $10,000/mo
5x Pro usage ($100/month)
20x Pro usage ($200/month)
Source: https://support.anthropic.com/en/articles/11145838-using-cla...
"Pro ($20/month): Average users can send approximately 45 messages with Claude every 5 hours, OR send approximately 10-40 prompts with Claude Code every 5 hours."
"You will have the flexibility to switch to pay-as-you-go usage with an Anthropic Console account for intensive coding sprints."