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aleph_minus_one 2 hours ago

> The $200 per month subscription comes with a ton of usage.

200 USD/month is a number only really affluent programmers (e.g. in the Silicon Valley) can perhaps pay easily.

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weird-eye-issue 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

"Opus 4.6 is available on the $20 plan too"

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revolvingthrow 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Anthropic’s $20 plan gives you such a pittance of tokens that it’s borderline unusable for anything more than a few scripts or a toy app. If $20 is all you have you’d do _much_ better going with chatgpt

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Weryj 32 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

My usage is in the $60 tier, but that doesn't exist so I have to cough up $100. And then get all shaky if I don't use up my weekly quota.

	▲	weird-eye-issue 31 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Do you mostly just hit the session limits? If so I know it's not ideal but you could wait an hour or two for that to reset. Not sure if that would work for you but just a suggestion

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weird-eye-issue 44 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

That's simply not true at all.

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cpursley an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Are you kidding me? Even developer salaries in the Philippines can afford that or at least the plan below it. If I used the Anthropic API, my monthly spend would be $4k a month. The Claude Max plan is the best bargain around.

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LoganDark an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

> 200 USD/month is a number only really affluent programmers (e.g. in the Silicon Valley) can perhaps pay easily.

Not true, I live in USA PNW and my last remote job paid $12k/mo. I have been jobless for over a month now (currently waiting for the next HN "who wants to be hired"), but I still have enough savings to easily afford to continue that plan for a while.

I don't think it really has to do with affluence but more the job market and economy you're in. Countries with lower salaries or higher costs of living will have less buying power.