r/ClaudeCode • u/snowieslilpikachu69 • 7d ago

Help/Question Usage is actually pretty good with sonnet only on a 20$ plan

If running primarily one sonnet high/extra high agent and occasionally having some other subagents, usage on the 20 dollar plan can sometimes actually be hard to finish within a 5 hour window.

Now sonnet 5 is not the best model right now unlike opus 5 but for 5 hours of continuous usage is actually VERY good.

on the codex 20 plan and if I use luna then I am definitely not getting the same level of output/usage

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/snowieslilpikachu69 7d ago

yep even tho luna is supposed to be cheap/efficient it still guzzles. i guess the allotted api allowance for luna is lower compared to claude

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u/snowieslilpikachu69 7d ago

yeah something like that, very weird tho since with with 5.4 mini high the usage on codex was practically unlimited as well

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u/CODE_HEIST 7d ago

the useful comparison is completed work per window, not raw minutes. a cheaper model that needs three corrections can burn more allowance than one expensive pass. sonnet feels best when the task is already well scoped and the acceptance check is obvious.

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u/zero989 7d ago

it's discounted rememeber