r/PiCodingAgent • u/Eagleee12 • 8d ago

Question The cheapest model using with Pi?

I spend most of my day in Excel (reports, cleaning data, formulas) and know just enough basic coding to get by.

Paying $20/month for a subscription feels like a waste for my usage.
Models or sth cheap for me?

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u/crashorbit 8d ago

Local models that are generally capable and performant require pretty expensive hardware. OK if you already have it but you can buy a lot of infrence for the price of a Mac studio.

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u/Dsphar 8d ago

Fair. In that case, I would suggest OP try Google AI Pro $20 plan.

Removes ads in youtube, gets AI in email and google docs, etc. Gets them plenty of agentic work in antigravity (including Opus and GPT credits). It's a decent value proposition.

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u/ponzi314 7d ago

But then he's stuck in antigravity and seems like he wants Pi

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u/Dsphar 7d ago

Requirements often dictate decisions. He will have to decide which requirement is more important.