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Indeed, switching partially from Cursor to Claude Code increased the bill by a lot! Fortunately I use Claude Code mostly at work and I had no trouble to convince my boss to pay for it. But I’m still not sure how I’ll continue building side projects with Claude Code. Not sure I want to spend $20 each time I want to bootstrap an app in an evening just for fun…

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Why not to subscribe to pro or max? I calculated my CC usage this month (I'm on a Max 200$ plan), it’s close to 2.5k$... Its just crazy to use API at price right now.

I wish I could, but they banned me and won't disclose why.

That being said, Claude Code produces the best code I've seen from an AI coding agent, and the subscriptions are a steal.

I heard Codex CLI is doing good things now, might give that a go (I have not yet).

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Same with my account. My only conclusion is because I use a VPN. Gave them my real phone number so they already know my actual country, but still banned after a few months of on/off usage. I might consider setting up another PC for it someday, but they clearly don't want anyone to use them via VPN. Another option I considered is OpenRouter.

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