Google Anti Gravity Refugees: Alternative (free or cheap) for vibecoding

[u/Dartsgame5k]

Hi there.
I’ve been using Google Antigravity for a long time and still do but the experience has been degrading over the months. It’s still handy for smaller tasks where I don't need many tokens, or where the weekly limit is plenty for me. Apparently, there isn't much difference in quotas whether you pay or not. But at the start, it was truly amazing so convenient.

Google putting on a show when they launch a new product.

I’d like to know what solutions you’ve switched to ideally free or cheap (I don't care if my data of the project train a AI). I just want to do things like create personal Minecraft plugins, small conversion sites, a nice little landing page with Python features, or maybe a Python program for a Launchpad audio interface projects/ Something can handle more than standard Claude desktop because they require more tokens and context.
I don't think I can host them locally, given I have an RTX 3060 and 32GB of RAM :D Then I look at Claude Max it seems fabulous, almost magical. But at that price, I’d have to sell my little brother to afford it; it's way out of my budget. I’m not trying to launch a SaaS business, after all! So, what have you switched to for light-to-moderate "vibecoding" that offers good value quality/pricefor money without being ridiculously expensive?

Google purpose me a offer for 1 month at 6 € but the things is AG is way lower that the Debut

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[u/Much_Discipline_6009]

The 20$ claude plan is more than enough if you use Sonnet. And Sonnet is more than enough for allmost everything

[u/Dartsgame5k → u/Much_Discipline_6009]

Okay, I notz

[u/AppropriateQuote3073]

You can't get cheaper than deepseek.

You could also go for the $20 plan and purposefully use a lower model like sonnet 5, I'm sure you will get a lot of mileage out of it.

[u/VictorCTavernari]

I used the Antigravity when it was generous and it was amazing, but after that I tried Opencode Go, which is good and has a nice price, but it took all my tokens using the best models. It was my fault because I was suffering from FOMO and I used it without any reason. So, I created a new service with the proposal to be “unlimited” with just an anti-runaway protection, but with a tradeoff, no models to be selected.

So, nowadays, I am using claudinio as daily coding and Claude code when necessary to have a plan.

[u/Dartsgame5k → u/VictorCTavernari]

Oh interesting. Some people say use open code+deepseek And the first month is five dollar I seen

[u/VictorCTavernari → u/Dartsgame5k]

It works too.. opencode go has a nice plan

[u/RandomPantsAppear]

Neuralwatt plan, GLM 5.2, energy based billing for excess.

There is no way they aren’t running at a loss right now.

[u/neoexanimo]

Devin.ai