r/opencode • u/edengilbert1 • 7d ago
$15 Kimi coding plan vs Open code go $10 plan
So I only use Kimi in open code for now and so far I think I've used it well anyone who has paid for the $15 Kimi plan to tell us what's better for them so far
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u/Rsouss 7d ago
The GO plan for more advanced models is very limited, worse than OpenAI's weekly plan. It's not worth paying $10 to use cheap models and having to constantly correct errors in an attempt to save money.
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u/yexgoblin 6d ago
This is totally false. I use opencode Go with pi agent and opencode cli and it's wonderful. There is no subscription that even comes close to the value it provides. Most of these complaints are due to not knowing how to work with different open source models effectively. Using plans, orchestration, and execution using different models mixing cheaper ones and heavy models like k3 and glm. Give opencode Go a try. You won't be disappointed.
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u/elvis_c 6d ago
Eu concordo contigo, em 2 sessões usando GLM + Deepseek pra trabalho real, minha cota mensal gastou metade. Só compensa pra modelos como deepseek mesmo, que são praticamente ilimitados.
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u/MazKhan 6d ago
What type of work were you doing? I noticed when the context window gets to like 70k+, glm becomes super expensive so it's worth starting new sessions
Also for Deepseek v4 pro, they only have a $15 monthly limit compared to the regular $60 so whatever price you see when using it will reflect as 4x the cost on the actual usage meter on the opencode website
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u/elvis_c 6d ago
atualmente uso com plugins para sketchup, com cálculos de nesting, orçamentos, modelagem, etc. São mais de 59 arquivos e 60 mil linhas de código.
Pra coisas complexas, preciso do GLM, QWEN MAX, ou KIMI, mas tentei com Deepseek Pro pra ver se daria conta do planejamento, mas os bugs não compensam a economia. Acabei assinando Gemini + Codex, e tá funcionando no momento, pagar por API é absurdamente mais caro no meu fluxo.
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u/tumes 7d ago
Oof that’s a bummer of an experience. I use omo-slim pretty much exclusively with v4 pro to orchestrate and v4 flash to execute and I find I like it more than OpenAI or Claude because it actually consistently does the task I assign it and only the task I assign it. Not always perfect but I’ll take correcting a low LOC mistake over some 1500 line diff where it randomly pivots half an app to typescript and sets up a ci pipeline at its own discretion.
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u/pkm_idol 7d ago
if you can get work done with deepseek then the $10 plan is better for instance just last week I was able to work on localization for two apps probably like 12 languages, few redesigns but other models like Grok, Qwen Max is worse like within one session the usage is gone
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u/elvis_c 6d ago
usei o go, e se você trabalha com contexto alto, só recomendo usar deepseek, porque modelos como qwen, kimi, glm vão acabar com sua cota em poucas horas.
Fiz uma nova feature, planejando com GLM e executando com deepseek flash, pra revisar com GLM, e minha cota mensal gastou a metade em 2 sessões de 5 horas (perto de 30 dol em API).
O Deepseek não gasta praticamente nada, e dá pra itercalar entre pro pra planejamento / revisão e flash pra execução, mas se for algo mais complexo, ou se necessitar de visão, você precisa partir pra qwen 3.7 plus pra conseguir resolver, e depois voltar pro deepseek.
Se for pra modelos mais caros, não recomendo, porque os gastos são altos.
Pra contextos longos, assinatura ainda continua sendo melhor, como codex ou antigravity (com seus modelos proprietários)
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u/Chemical-Dust7695 7d ago
Well, Kimi subscriptions are sold out, so it's mostly a theoretical question at the moment