Re:Closed AI models dominate the price-performance frontier
by ddxv on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:18AM
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I think the biggest money unlock for most people is just to not use the largest models. Luna / Deepseek are a dollar or two a day for coding. Accidentally (or purposefully set a different model) and boom the cost shoots up. I think most people could slash their budgets by 90% just by choosing cheaper models most of the time.
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Re:Closed AI models dominate the price-performance frontier
by Aurornis on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:49AM
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> I think the biggest money unlock for most people is just to not use the largest models. Luna / Deepseek are a dollar or two a day for coding.
If someone is in a position to use the personal subscriptions, the $20/month plans are about a dollar per work day. I'd rather have the $20/month plan for Opus or Sol 6.1 than deal with all of the extra churn and babysitting from Luna or Deepseek.