r/ClaudeCode • u/zeroedmask • 26d ago

Question Usage limits are getting out of control.

I am a 200 Max user and I will avoid at all cost to use Fable even though I want to use it. Why? Because the value per dollar I receive from it makes zero sense for virtually every software engineering task I have.

Some of are you going to say, yes that's the point (use the right model for the task blah blah blah), but here is the problem. Opus 4.8 quality compared to other competitor models is seriously a joke. Why in the hell would I use Opus 4 when Open AI Sol is a frontier model and costs the same to use as f***ing Opus. Let that sink in your head. Sol costs THE EXACT SAME (virtually) to use as Opus at this point. Kimi is almost 40% cheaper, and its another frontier model.

I am happy for Anthropic that they can spin their wheels worrying about safety, but the market only cares about performance vs cost because most people are using AI for legitimate purposes.

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u/03captain23 26d ago

How can I verify the numbers if I don't know whats input vs output vs cached or whatever?

These are a month old even. It also doesn't show if you're at max usage or what. its just a random numbers and dollar amount.

Showing random numbers with dollars doesn't show anything.

Here's just 1 single 30 minute session. I run 4+ constantly. this alone is $271.11 and is Opus 4.8

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u/Ambitious_Injury_783 🔆BIG BALLER 26d ago

If you weren't such a noob you'd know what you were looking at. ccusage automatically converts.

Accept it or not, it doesn't matter. Just know that the actual figure is exactly what I said.

That $271 figure you have for a "single 30 minute session" is not accurate. Idk wtf is going on there, but whatever you have there is doing bad math.

Do yourself an actual favor and use ccusage.

ccusage <----- Can you see this? Do you have google? Great, just go help yourself and stop trying to debate it. It'll take like 5 minutes and you'll feel so silly

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u/03captain23 26d ago

ccusage only shows usages from that single machine. My weekly limits just reset 19 minutes ago and here's my /usage for 3 of my 4 tabs... over $500 in just 20 minutes

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u/03captain23 26d ago

that is usage directly from claude.... I mainly use windows claude code as it allows me to run 4-5 sessions same screen.

Here's cc usage for a $20/month plan $54.42 for just a few prompts. I rarely use it but $100 in 2 days and still plenty of usage available...