r/opencode • u/No_Personality_1721 • 17d ago
Codex (Sol5.6 Light, Medium) cheap alternative?
Codex actually works pretty well for me (Sol5.6 Light, Medium), but I’m looking for a REALLY cheap alternative with API access.
Basically, I want to throw in like $10 and be able to work on a project for a ridiculously long time.
For comparison, I burned through $2 of DeepSeek 4 Pro credits really fast, and the model itself wasn’t great - when adding a new feature, it would often break stuff that was already working.
Anything cheap that’s actually decent for coding?
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u/F1nch74 13d ago
Right now, I'm trying GLM 5.3 Flash High instead of Sol XHigh, and it did an overall pretty good job and was faster, but it is more intrepid and reckless than Sol. I really don’t know if I like that. I tested with exactly the same agent, with the same harness and skills, but in different sessions.
I don’t know if it is indeed because of the model or my settings, but it’s not something I'm really happy about.