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You don't need a max subscription to use Claude Code. By default it uses your API credits, and I guess I'm not a heavy AI user yet (for my hobby projects), but
by warp 1y ago
You don't need a max subscription to use Claude Code. By default it uses your API credits, and I guess I'm not a heavy AI user yet (for my hobby projects), but I haven't spent more than $5/month on Claude Code the past few months.
- EnPissant 1y agoI spent $5 in 10 minutes when I tried it.
- christophilus 1y agoFor me, it was $10 in 2 hours. That’s super cheap if it saves me significant time. Jury’s out on that, though.
- koakuma-chan 1y agoThe problem with it is that it uses a 30k~ token system prompt (albeit "cached"), and very quickly the usage goes up to a few million. I can easily spend over $10 a day.
- F7F7F7 1y agoI burned $30 in Claude Code in just under an hour. I was equally frustrated and impressed. So much so I ended up a $200 MAX subscriber.
- hombre_fatal 1y agoThe money starts adding up fast as your context fills up since it's resending the whole accumulated context back through the api every time. They're good about telling you how full your context is, and you can use /compact to shrink it down to the essentials. But for those of us who aren't Mr. MoneyBags like you all, keeping an eye on context size is key to keeping costs low.
- logankeenan 1y agoI’ve been wanting to try Claude Code. What makes it such a difference maker compared to existing AI tools?
- PeterStuer 1y agoCan I assume you are still running into rate limits?