[Petersipoi]

Do you mind sharing what your spend is like on Openrouter? I pay for the $200 Claude Code plan just so I never have to think about usage or feel like I'm paying per prompt. But I nearly max out my usage each week and I have no idea what that would cost me on Openrouter. I hear a lot of people are using MiniMax of Openrouter. Is that what you do?

[chillfox]

From my observation, people who use the api either end up learning to be much more token efficient, or use a cheaper model.

I have been using the API for the last 2 years, OpenRouter for personal projects and Claude API for work, most of it in zed, always on high thinking. For work I usually spend $25 if I use opus/sonnet all day, and for personal stuff I usually spend $2-$5 if I use sonnet for a full evening.

But, I don’t think someone who’s used to not thinking about token cost and efficient use would get anywhere close to that low spending if they switched from a plan to the API.