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Poll: How much do you personally spend for LLM subscriptions each month?

Just curious how much folks here spend for LLM subscriptions personally, i.e. not paid for by your employer if you have one or your own company, but purely for your own pleasure. Personally I have a Claude subscription for 200 USD / month and that's about as much as I'm willing to spend. Since programming is still my passion I think it's worthwhile as I can experiment and create a lot of stuff with little effort, but I might downsize that in the future. Also curious if your employer allows you to use some your allocated budget on personal projects, feel free to comment.
( 4 comments | 2 points | on HN )

Poll

0-49 USD 5 votes
50-99 USD 1 vote
100-199 USD 1 vote
200-399 USD 1 vote
400+ USD 1 vote
Re:Poll: How much do you personally spend for LLM subscripti... by yuye on Thursday July 09, 2026 @07:28PM (#48853793)
>Since programming is still my passion I think it's worthwhile as I can experiment and create a lot of stuff with little effort

Yes, driving is my passion, which is why I've hired a private driver to do it for me.

Re:Poll: How much do you personally spend for LLM subscripti... by Hackbraten on Thursday July 09, 2026 @09:26PM (#48854673)
Why just subscriptions?

I use OpenRouter because I prefer flexibility, which means I pay per-million-token prices.

Re:Poll: How much do you personally spend for LLM subscripti... by cyanydeez on Thursday July 09, 2026 @11:22PM (#48855393)
should have broken out 0-40 to 0 and 1-49
Re:Poll: How much do you personally spend for LLM subscripti... by tim-tday on Friday July 10, 2026 @10:49AM (#48860768)
Your survey design could use some work.