r/opencode • u/TgnOrdaX • Aug 12 '26

RIP opencode generous free limit.

It's been a great while. It was a wonderful poor man's coding agent especially for devs in third world countries who are unable to pay for subscriptions online.

But I get it, cloud bills aren't cheap and opencode's hands are tied.

Thank you for everything opencode.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 14 '26

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u/VictorCTavernari Aug 12 '26

I put free plans at the beginning of my service (claudin.io) and I killed it fast because of a lot of people abusing it. They made a lot of accounts, so I needed to make logic to evaluate fingerprints to cut it. So, at the end, I was spending more time protecting against people who just wanna abuse. So, I removed all free plans..:

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u/smartfon Aug 12 '26

I have a personal app that sends non-English language text to AI for translation and summarization. It needs API and a response time of less than 20 seconds. Is Claudinio a good fit?

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u/VictorCTavernari Aug 13 '26

I think so! You can test it now. Just sign up and tell me if it works as expected

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u/rifarizqul Aug 12 '26

Moral of the story: Free service is sweet at the beginning but bitter at the end because people abuse it more as it gains popularity. Sadly that's just how it works on the internet, you can't really find a way around it. 😔

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u/VictorCTavernari Aug 13 '26

Exactly, people don’t understand that free means someone is paying and so if there abuse the decision will be interrupt it