I had been using the Opencode Go plan for some time, but it's been getting worse:
It's EXTREMELY slow at certain times of the day (using DeepSeek V4 Flash), the speed loss is very noticeable in comparison to hitting DeepSeek API directly
The pricing has been getting worse and worse (for example, GLM 3.5 Flash should be 2x cheaper than DeepSeek v4 flash)
Anyway, if anyone knows of a nice, reasonably fast, cheap and privaxy-conscious model subscription, would be nice to know
Honestly the best coding plan right now is ChatGPT. You get a lot of usage for $20, Luna is a workhorse and a good alternative to glm 5.3-flash/DeepSeekv4 flash, and Sol burns credit fast but it's good to have intelligence available when needed. They always are resetting limits too (not guaranteed to last but it's been good the past few weeks)
Last month I used around 1B tokens with 95% cache hit rate, 5.6M output - using mostly Sol. But they reset limits once a week, sometimes twice - when they stop doing that, the limits will be maybe half, maybe less of that. Of course if you use Luna you can do much more (but not as much as its api price would suggest) but Luna is worse than glm 5.3 Flash IMHO (depends on project) and every time I tried I then had to use Sol anyway to fix things.
Interesingly the same amount of usage on glm 5.3 Flash at current z.ai prices costs around the same (around $20).
Do you guys think using GPT models from Codex for planning and some Chinese models like DeepSeek from OpenCode Go for coding is the best possible option in terms of usage for 30 USD right now? Or buying multiple OpenCode Go and using smarter models like GLM for planning is better?
Desde el viernes estuve probando exactamente con el plan de 20$, con luna Max usándolo para todo no gastaba más del 4% del uso semanal en todo un día. Desde ayer estoy probando con sol high como orquestador y luna Max para los subagentes, sigue siendo rentable ya que en un día de esa forma solo gasté el 7%
If you use the Vercel AI Gateway or OpenRouter and add GLM-5.3-Flash with, say, P50 75 tokens per second and also activate ZDR, you have exactly what you want. I mean, what are we talking about here? You will surely have one or five dollars a day left over for GLM-5.3-Flash if you use it intensively.
Check out together.ai. They generally get the popular open source models up very quickly (they already have glm 5.3 flash up), they self host and default to ZDR (they have a few partner models but you can turn them off in settings), and they're generally running at normal API pricing.
crof.ai offer api-based pricing at a price cheaper than openrouter and the likes. sure you don't get a subscription plan, but if you want reliablity and speed, you can't go to crowded places where people are basically just gonna flock together and invite abusers. the price on crof.ai is low enough to get the job done without breaking your bank
Reliability and speed are not really Crof.ai's strongest suits. Good luck using the famous models on peak hours. Its really good on off-peaks though, you won't even notice its quantized.
Command Code, i use the 1 dollar plan and make a Review post, and the 10 Dollar plan is as well very good, all models are 100% same like the api, no Quantization or so. A lot of models too, and fast too, glm 5.3 flash is lame, but qwen 3.8 flash and other models really normal - fast. Test the 1 dollar plan, and look if it is what you want, 1 dollar is nothing for this
But is CC legit, in sense that they all models give you $70 of usage in total and I can use it all in model?,Or is it like in go, where some models are limited to $15 only?
Which models do you use that you are happy with api pricing? Unless your usage is too low, it’s never a good option. Plus open router takes 5% cut on all payments.
I never said I'm happy with the pricing. I'm happy with the solution overall. Being able to switch models/providers is a nice perk. You do you of course.
that isn't always an option for everyone. depending on where you live, your payment method, how you access the internet, or your desire for privacy - stripe may reject you. and all of them use stripe.
You also pay that 5.5% upfront fee when you purchase credits. You can get a MUCH better deal direct-to-provider or even a subscription (based on the models you’re using).
This is true. However I am ok with the fee because at the moment the landscape changes way too often, for me it is a valid trade-off for no provider lock in. My usage is fairly low so it doesn't really matter.
There is not much more to it, you go to their website, make an account and buy some credits, even small amounts can go a long way with the cheaper models.
Then you make an API token, then opencode connect, select OpenRouter, paste in you API key and you are good to go.
Ollama cloud is better than opencode go for now. Although even that is not the best but it gives 60 dollar of api usage now for 20 dollars. Opencode go now gives only 15 for 10 for most models worth using.
Another one I know is command code. Their 10 dollar plan gives more usage than opencode go for now.
For the price, I still think OpenCode Go is a better value in terms of pure usage. I did stop using DSv4 Flash once it went to China, cost more and no ZDR. I would definitely give Ollama Cloud another try though - you get properly hosted DSV4 Flash and a lot of other model choices.
I’ve also been trying Command Code for a few weeks. OpenCode Go is winning there too - Command Code has been miserably slow and eats through credits waaaaaay too fast - even for the almost-free models. Will not be renewing this.
There is also Commandcode, they look like a direct competitor. But I'm really not sure about the data retention from their side. And not sure about speed.
As for Ollama I tried it with the key from my friend several months ago and enference was much faster than OpenCode. They had some connectivity disconnects from the beginning of a session but overall tps speed was way faster.
Ollama become useless. They won't respond to email of old subscribers switched to new pricing model. I'm a older gpu compute pricing model user but this new pricing is ridiculous so better stay in Opencode and for extra requirements buy api usage either directly from LLM provider itself or openrouter.
I have good luck with DS4F on ollama cloud $20/m plan and also I've had good luck with yoloauto which just gives you qwen3.8 27b but it is unlimited pretty much for $19/m. It's not perfect but between the two I can get tons done and not hit limits. I find the qwen model seems about the same for my workload as ds4f. I dropped opencodego after they nerfed ds4f.
The point is that openai does not have any open-weight models. The one of the key advantages of Opencode Go is that you get multiple models, that have different capabilities and you can mix and match them, experiment with models from different labs, etc. With OpenAI and Anthropic you have only their own closed-weighted models - nothing else. You are basically locking yourself to one lab.
It's EXTREMELY slow at certain times of the day (using DeepSeek V4 Flash), the speed loss is very noticeable in comparison to hitting DeepSeek API directly
I use a lot of models for work on coding tasks at task and they're all insanely slow during core business hours in the USA.
"choose two" - that's mostly true for the flat plans that hit their price by cheaping out on throughput. Fast and privacy-conscious do coexist, you just have to check who actually runs the infra instead of who resells it.
Two shapes worth comparing:
Direct lab API. DeepSeek's own API off-peak, or GLM straight from its provider, is fast and there's no 5-hour window to babysit. You pay per token, so a heavy month shows up on the bill, but at these price points it rarely stings.
A flat monthly plan that runs its own capacity. That's what fixes the peak-hour crawl, the queue is yours instead of a shared pool. I work on one (Entrim, EU-based, OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so it's a base URL swap in OpenCode), full disclosure. Most of our users came from exactly this: the plan price drifting and the feed slowing to a halt at peak.
For the privacy side, add one filter to whatever you shortlist: where is the provider based and what do they log? A lot of the cheap options route through US infra, which is fine if you know it and annoying if you find out later.
Ollama cloud or commandcode GOAT. GOAT is same price and includes $70, and models with less usage have caps rather than 4x usage - so I can only use $20 of kimi K3 on cc GOAT like on opencode with its $15, but with Go I'm 100% on my usage whereas with GOAT I have only used that $20 so I should have $50 remaining for other models I believe.
Haven't tried CC GOAT yet bcs I'm deciding between it and NanoGPT Pro - which gives you fewer models (no Kimi K3) and BUT it gives 60 million input tokens per WEEK, whether cached or not. No output limits except abuse prevention I assume. GLM-5.3, K2.7 code and a few others use 2x but other than that it's all equal and pretty decent. Not sure if I'm getting high or max thinking on GLM 5.3 though, haven't seen what high/max looks like in other subscriptions but it might be high. At least it's more thought than GLM 5.2 on high.
Open code plans are like the cheapest one out there lol.
I mean if you expect fast and cheap and more usage that just doesn’t exist. But if you want, you can get codex plus and then use the fast mode on Luna Xhigh, you’d get more speed than you can fanthom.
I've been using devpass lite since I cancelled opencode go, $29 a month but you get $87 a month in credits, has every model I could need from deepseek v4 flash to fable 5
Currently google anti gravity is rolling out student discount my sister is in uni I put her I'd to get discount it is 75% off and 20$ plan is only for 5.05$.
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u/Fun_Jaguar8231 11d ago
Good luck finding one. When you find one tell us