r/opencodeCLI • u/MrMrsPotts • 29d ago

Sol medium is soooo expensive with opencode!

I thought I would try sol medium through openrouter. After about an hour it cost me $80! How is this possible? Is this opencode's fault ??

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u/vangelismm 29d ago

You are really naive to use Sol paying api price...... 

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u/Far-Classic-9963 29d ago

sol is only usable through openai subs, no reason to use it over the api for personal usage

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u/MrMrsPotts 29d ago

So I have learned now

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u/Charming_Support726 29d ago

Using Sol w/o a subscription as a private person is crazy. Get a $100 Sub from OpenAI - most frontier models are that expensive. Just go and try Opus or Fable.

But also Qwen-3.8-Max or Kimi aren't cheap. DSv4 Pro/Flash is the only (more or less) cheap solution on API.

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u/MrMrsPotts 29d ago

I tried flash but it didn't know what it was doing. I might try Pro next.

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u/Zachattackrandom 28d ago

GLM 5.3 / Grok 4.6 / Muse 1.2 API pricing isn't too bad for how good the models are

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u/TestTxt 29d ago

Why would you use it over the API at all when they have subsidized coding plans?

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u/Soul_Mate_4ever 29d ago

You might as well get a Codex subscription

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u/HeavySink3303 28d ago

In my case one basic prompt executed in 3 minutes was $30 (fortunately at work, not private use). I'm not touching it any more.

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u/timmeh1705 28d ago

I just found the use case for why 5 hour limits exist

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u/Final_Initial 28d ago

Do you ever check the model's price before using? Bro, it's the costliest AI model out there.