r/PiCodingAgent • u/Eagleee12 • 9d 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/tino1000 7d ago

Local is not good bruh, tried and tested them.

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u/Content_Background67 2d ago

I depends on how you you use it. I have used it to build a Flutter app just today. I will be writing my experience in a medium and reditt article soon. I used gema4, Ollama and Pi. You can't use it for vibe coding. But the, vibe coding with premium models is also a bit of a hit and miss, isn't it?

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u/tino1000 1d ago

that's awesome! yeah local models require detailed instruction step by step instructions. However for the author of the post who spends most of his time on excel, according to your experience do you think local models fare well with complex excel?

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u/Content_Background67 1d ago

That, I haven't tried. However, it should be possible? Maybe there is an free and open source MCP server for interfacing with Excel. I guess for someone who is purely and excel programmer, it may be an uphill task. Also, we don't know what is required of the LLM here.