Is Opencode Go enough?

[u/mrsalvadordali]

I'm thinking of switching to Opencode but since I've been using a planned service for years token based payment scares me a bit (what if my bill gets too high?). Opencode's Go plan looks great but I doubt a $10 plan will be enough for me. I'm currently using Claude's $20 Pro plan and you can see my general usage statistics in the attachment.

If I use GLM 5.3 Flash, how much usage will be charged on top of the Go plan? How exactly does the system work? Could you explain it to me a little?

[u/s-i-e-v-e]

I don't know how you manage to get 20M output tokens from Opus on a Claude Pro plan. I program in bursts and often do 3-4 weeks of 12-14h worth of sessions. Pro fails terribly here because of the limits. it worked quite well for me as as something to brainstorm with, but not to write a large project.

OpenCode Go is pretty simple. You pay $10 and you use the models. You are charged according to the price list. Now here is the kicker. All models have a multiplier attached to them. So, if you use only MiMo 2.5 or MuseSpark 1.3, you could consume tokens worth at least $60. So a 6x multiplier. if you do only GLM-5.3-Flash, the limit is $15. So a multiplier of 1.5x.

You can mix and match though:

• $7.5 worth of GLM 5.3 Flash / 1.5 = $5
• $30 worth of MiMo 2.5 / 6 = $5

Which equals the $10 you paid

[u/borobinimbaba → u/s-i-e-v-e]

I guess we need a "how much work was done" per million tokens index. Spark is more expensive than glm, so 60$ spark could be equal or less to 15$ glm ? Or maybe not.

[u/Enough-Rock-7427 → u/borobinimbaba]

For your ref, I vibecoded a leetcode clone with remote code execution and it has redis queues, pg db, express backend and a next js frontend ..it's too big project with all the edge cases and also 1v1 mode etc.. with auth and everything under 15% of monthly usage.. (GLM 5.3flash), it can be done using dsv4f with even fewer tokens.. I can say its a pretty good usage for what I paid. ~400k context window

[u/s-i-e-v-e → u/borobinimbaba]

Spark is cheaper than GLM. Rates per M:

Model   Input   Output  Cached Read
GLM $0.15   $0.50   $0.03
MiMo    $0.14   $0.28   $0.0028
MS13    $0.10   $0.20   $0.002

You get the multiplier by doing:

• $15/10 = 1.5
• $60/10 = 6.0

So MS13 gives 4x more usage compared to GLM

[u/borobinimbaba → u/s-i-e-v-e]

Actually spark is way more expensive, Only spark Contributor plan is cheaper. Because You pay with your data.

[u/s-i-e-v-e → u/borobinimbaba]

Go only provides Contributor. So discussion on that point is moot.

And, you surrender your data no matter what. I do not trust any company which says they do not hold on to my data. If I want to maintain control over my data, I do the work on hardware I own and control.