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Claude API is insanely expensive now

Went from like $0.50 for a basic task to $6
disgusting provocative people who are hurt sneaky criminal
  09/20/26
"interesting" how they have used zero data retenti...
faglord
  09/20/26
A year ago every business was trying to push AI and now they...
disgusting provocative people who are hurt sneaky criminal
  09/20/26
It's literally just a scam
checked out chud
  09/20/26
...
Dull codepig
  09/21/26
...
self-centered at-the-ready theatre
  09/21/26
...
confused sandwich
  09/23/26
Yeah I was using fable 5.1 recently on the api. I sent it li...
Painfully honest chartreuse business firm
  09/20/26
Engineering, champ
hyperactive library
  09/20/26
they burned soooooo much fucking money trying to get market ...
Sienna Station
  09/20/26
Not really. No one uses the Chinese models unless they are s...
Painfully honest chartreuse business firm
  09/20/26
You don't use the paid ones IIRC
faglord
  09/20/26
I pay for Claude $20/mo at work But yeah free version fo...
Sienna Station
  09/20/26
Everyone's free version is now garbage.
narrow-minded pink chad sanctuary
  09/20/26
whether the chinese can just do it for free or not, the tech...
hyperactive library
  09/20/26
lol even you are compelled to make FPS Games. Fuckin' Wester...
flushed legal warrant indirect expression
  09/20/26
Klebold, champ
hyperactive library
  09/20/26
I blowing like $4k a month in token personally but it is sa...
exciting national security agency
  09/20/26
"you" don't own your Firm iirc
hyperactive library
  09/20/26
How could you possibly spend this doing lol work? No way you...
Painfully honest chartreuse business firm
  09/20/26
every number he posts is exaggerated including his height
hyperactive library
  09/20/26
...
checked out chud
  09/20/26
My employer allocates $2000 to each employee each month unde...
exciting national security agency
  09/20/26
I have $500/month and never come anywhere near blowing that....
narrow-minded pink chad sanctuary
  09/20/26
Fable Heavy but not max.
exciting national security agency
  09/20/26
You could probably cut that down with Opus High without losi...
narrow-minded pink chad sanctuary
  09/20/26
That's smart. $300K/month in outside legal counsel is a sig...
ungodly idea he suggested box office
  09/20/26
...
confused sandwich
  09/23/26
Fable 5.1 is really unnecessary for most things. Their cheap...
Translucent genital piercing pisswyrm
  09/20/26
In some use cases the latest Opus actually comes out ahead. ...
narrow-minded pink chad sanctuary
  09/20/26
http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5904665&mc=1...
Adventurous private investor
  09/20/26
http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5904665&mc=1...
Adventurous private investor
  09/20/26
whats the lifehack for using claude without paying or dealin...
geriatric crystalline preventive strike
  09/21/26
You really don't have $20/month?
narrow-minded pink chad sanctuary
  09/21/26
i do. whats the strat? i see people are burning thousands...
geriatric crystalline preventive strike
  09/23/26
I had like 60% of my weekly fable usage left and resets at m...
Grizzly apoplectic nowag forum
  09/21/26
Is this on the $200/month MAX plan?
narrow-minded pink chad sanctuary
  09/21/26
Yeah I miscalculated and already spent $50 in credits I ...
Grizzly apoplectic nowag forum
  09/21/26
Did you try Opus 5?
narrow-minded pink chad sanctuary
  09/21/26
Yeah but it's terrible at doing work vs Opus 4.6 imo Key ...
Grizzly apoplectic nowag forum
  09/21/26
Really? What is your use case?
narrow-minded pink chad sanctuary
  09/21/26
Plaintiff side shitlawyering which opus 4.6 is perfectly cap...
Grizzly apoplectic nowag forum
  09/21/26
Why is 4.6 better than 5 for this use case?
narrow-minded pink chad sanctuary
  09/22/26
No use codex and gpt
Painfully honest chartreuse business firm
  09/21/26
I use them all. Multiple models is key for any real work
Grizzly apoplectic nowag forum
  09/21/26
Gemini is still decent though retarded but consistent Ch...
confused sandwich
  09/23/26


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Date: September 20th, 2026 10:37 AM
Author: disgusting provocative people who are hurt sneaky criminal

Went from like $0.50 for a basic task to $6

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145080)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 10:42 AM
Author: faglord

"interesting" how they have used zero data retention as the cudgel to get businesses into the API

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145082)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 10:46 AM
Author: disgusting provocative people who are hurt sneaky criminal

A year ago every business was trying to push AI and now they are having to backpedal now because if they opened this up their employees they would treat Opus like Google and burn $1000/day in API credit

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145085)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: checked out chud

It's literally just a scam

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145171)



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Date: September 21st, 2026 5:18 AM
Author: Dull codepig



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50146787)



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Date: September 21st, 2026 10:52 PM
Author: self-centered at-the-ready theatre



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50148664)



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Date: September 23rd, 2026 2:37 AM
Author: confused sandwich



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50150255)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Painfully honest chartreuse business firm

Yeah I was using fable 5.1 recently on the api. I sent it like 3 requests and it charged me 30 bucks, was ridiculous.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145185)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 11:45 AM
Author: hyperactive library

Engineering, champ

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145186)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 12:10 PM
Author: Sienna Station

they burned soooooo much fucking money trying to get market share & reach AGI, they got undercut massively by the chinese, all they can do now is build their stupid moat and offload the horrible ponzi scam onto the heads of the public

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145243)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 12:18 PM
Author: Painfully honest chartreuse business firm

Not really. No one uses the Chinese models unless they are self-hosting. They aren’t great and if you just want a cheap api you can use Luna.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145261)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 12:42 PM
Author: faglord

You don't use the paid ones IIRC

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145293)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 12:47 PM
Author: Sienna Station

I pay for Claude $20/mo at work

But yeah free version for personal use has been constrained like 90% in the past week or two

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145303)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 4:03 PM
Author: narrow-minded pink chad sanctuary

Everyone's free version is now garbage.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145666)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 12:59 PM
Author: hyperactive library

whether the chinese can just do it for free or not, the tech is pretty insane and if you Extrapolate based on progress heretofore, it's powerful af in the 2030s. I have made FPSs with it, each better than the last.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145321)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 1:12 PM
Author: flushed legal warrant indirect expression

lol even you are compelled to make FPS Games. Fuckin' Westerners.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145340)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 1:26 PM
Author: hyperactive library

Klebold, champ

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145366)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 12:50 PM
Author: exciting national security agency

I blowing like $4k a month in token personally but it is saving me like $300k a month in outside counsel spend.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145308)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 1:02 PM
Author: hyperactive library

"you" don't own your Firm iirc

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145326)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 1:19 PM
Author: Painfully honest chartreuse business firm

How could you possibly spend this doing lol work? No way you can’t get buy with the 200 dollar per month plan, maybe adding some tokens when you run through your weekly quota sometimes but not 4K. You get like 8k worth with the plan.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145352)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 1:26 PM
Author: hyperactive library

every number he posts is exaggerated including his height

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145364)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 4:03 PM
Author: checked out chud



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145664)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 1:47 PM
Author: exciting national security agency

My employer allocates $2000 to each employee each month under whatever plan we have. I go 2x over that and how is very easy - I have it paper probably 60 projects and deals a month. The thing is basically running our private markets business.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145423)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 4:02 PM
Author: narrow-minded pink chad sanctuary

I have $500/month and never come anywhere near blowing that. Granted, that is just Claude. We also have Gemini and Harvey.

I also use Opus instead of the frontier models. Are you just having Fable/Mythos do everything?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145663)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 5:12 PM
Author: exciting national security agency

Fable Heavy but not max.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145851)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 7:46 PM
Author: narrow-minded pink chad sanctuary

You could probably cut that down with Opus High without losing any quality.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50146096)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 5:39 PM
Author: ungodly idea he suggested box office

That's smart. $300K/month in outside legal counsel is a significant expense for the business that you own.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145900)



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Date: September 23rd, 2026 2:36 AM
Author: confused sandwich



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50150252)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 4:07 PM
Author: Translucent genital piercing pisswyrm

Fable 5.1 is really unnecessary for most things. Their cheaper models are perfectly adequate for most uses.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145672)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 4:12 PM
Author: narrow-minded pink chad sanctuary

In some use cases the latest Opus actually comes out ahead. I never use Fable anymore.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145695)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 5:13 PM
Author: Adventurous private investor

"excels at long agentic coding runs" == overpriced shit, avoid

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145855)



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Date: September 20th, 2026 5:13 PM
Author: Adventurous private investor

"excels at long agentic coding runs" == overpriced shit, avoid

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50145853)



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Date: September 21st, 2026 4:41 AM
Author: geriatric crystalline preventive strike

whats the lifehack for using claude without paying or dealing with a gimped model?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50146784)



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Date: September 21st, 2026 3:53 PM
Author: narrow-minded pink chad sanctuary

You really don't have $20/month?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50147730)



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Date: September 23rd, 2026 1:59 AM
Author: geriatric crystalline preventive strike

i do.

whats the strat? i see people are burning thousands on tokens and it got be worried this is just a bubble. can't imagine 'building' something and halfway thru the rug gets pulled

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50150239)



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Date: September 21st, 2026 10:51 PM
Author: Grizzly apoplectic nowag forum

I had like 60% of my weekly fable usage left and resets at midnight

Ran a dozen simple tasks at once and hit 99% in under 2 hours

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50148660)



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Date: September 21st, 2026 11:16 PM
Author: narrow-minded pink chad sanctuary

Is this on the $200/month MAX plan?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50148724)



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Date: September 21st, 2026 11:25 PM
Author: Grizzly apoplectic nowag forum

Yeah I miscalculated and already spent $50 in credits

I really need to start using Hermes and Qwen

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50148740)



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Date: September 21st, 2026 11:29 PM
Author: narrow-minded pink chad sanctuary

Did you try Opus 5?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50148748)



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Date: September 21st, 2026 11:52 PM
Author: Grizzly apoplectic nowag forum

Yeah but it's terrible at doing work vs Opus 4.6 imo

Key is to use opus 5 or fable to orchestrate 4.6. Or just start the session with 4.6 and do the 1M context window hack

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50148770)



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Date: September 21st, 2026 11:53 PM
Author: narrow-minded pink chad sanctuary

Really? What is your use case?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50148772)



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Date: September 21st, 2026 11:58 PM
Author: Grizzly apoplectic nowag forum

Plaintiff side shitlawyering which opus 4.6 is perfectly capable of until you want a dynamic workflow to one shot a bunch of prompts at once (or use Claude code as mentioned)

Fable is good for project and workflow design architecture eg harnessing multiple models and ruminating about the latest open weight models and hardware configs



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50148778)



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Date: September 22nd, 2026 1:32 AM
Author: narrow-minded pink chad sanctuary

Why is 4.6 better than 5 for this use case?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50148826)



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Date: September 21st, 2026 11:38 PM
Author: Painfully honest chartreuse business firm

No use codex and gpt

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50148763)



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Date: September 21st, 2026 11:53 PM
Author: Grizzly apoplectic nowag forum

I use them all. Multiple models is key for any real work

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50148771)



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Date: September 23rd, 2026 2:37 AM
Author: confused sandwich

Gemini is still decent though retarded but consistent

ChatGPT became just total mega fraud token rape overnight lol tf is this garbage

Afraid to look at what happened to Claude

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905353&forum_id=2#50150253)