points by jpardoe 2 days ago | 0 comments
In practice all of these open models are more expensive than a Claude subscription.
[–] ggregoire 2 days ago
[–] jpardoe 1 day ago
In my experience yes. Been using Claude since day one and wanted to experiment with Pi for fun, and try to get my costs down. I found the open models more expensive, eventually had to plug my Pi set up into an OpenAI subscription, that was the only way to get good value… Then I realised OpenAI is way behind Opus 5.5 and their subscription is far less generous with usage, so I’ve come full circle and am back on Claude Code.
[–] jeffyaw 2 days ago
i found they were until recently. mimo 2.6 flash and glm 5.3 flash seem to finally be cheaper. i find ds4.1 flash still on the high side.
If you meant in developer time, then I don't know but it seems very fast to me (rarely thinks more than ~10sec, never more than ~30sec) and usually oneshots what I prompt it to do. I use opencode tui as harness.