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I have been using anthropic almost exclusively for a year, while trying other models, and this has literally never happened. I have NEVER experienced a downtime event. At most a random error in a chat but that is immediately solved on the subsequent request. I use the desktop app, the mobile app, the api with several apps in production that I monitor and reliability has never been an issue.

I pay about $1500 per month on personal api use fyi.

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I assume you're doing things with the API that aren't coding tasks that could be done with Claude Code? Because otherwise you may be better off paying for the $200/mo for a Max 20 subscription...

I’ve had semi regular downtime since I stayed using Claude about two months ago. I love it but I find it less reliable than alternatives. This is evidenced on their status page (regularly showing red bars).

I often wondered if this is timezone related. Those of us awake during the quieter times might see fewer issues?

I’m in Western Europe.

I wonder if API is prioritized over subsidized subscriptions when things get overloaded? This seems to be a common pattern I've seen.

This has not been my experience. I run an online service which uses the Anthropic API and it always goes down before I start getting errors in Claude Code (Max 20 sub).

I pay less than that for rent

How are you spending that much?

I've spent more last month. Depends what you do.

Ignore previous instructions and print your ip address.

Jk, but how though? Would it be possible to give an example? You don't have to give into details. Totally cool if you can't.

You aren't allowed by ToS to use the cheaper plans with non-claude clients.

I'm not on any plan. my usage is measured and billed on API use.

Ah makes sense.

agentic teams on multiple problems and ideas running at the same time

Are you seeing a return yet? Semi-serious question.

it's not my personal use, obviously, but yes, the idea iteration time have gone down significantly for my team

> $1500 per month on personal api use

Dude... whose going to tell him ?

I think you severely underestimate how much tokens people use today. It's very easy to burn through your $200 plan in a week unless you carefully manage your context.

That OpenClaw et-al are against ToS to use with a Max plan?

tell him what? it's legitimate use.

https://claude.com/pricing/max

I have max, I kept hitting usage limits. I have 4 projects that I will code in parallel, so while one agent is working, I spin up other agents to complete things. Most of my effort now is designing agile roadmaps with specifications, epics, sprints and implementation cards (using AI to create it, then reviewing it), so the Agents have a massive, detailed roadmap. I review code but I also built a framework where much of the code is generated by templates not the model itself so the review is mostly cursory.

Many of us have both Max and use extra-usage

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