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Sorry, what on earth are you doing where the open models are more expensive than the subs?

When I was using anthropic subs, my "equivalent usage" was $6k/month.

On the open models (specifically deepseek flash), it's < $100/month.

Same work, maybe more.

The large open models (GLM-5.3, Kimi3, etc) are far more expensive than their large closed equivalents (Opus, Sol), because the closed models are far more subsidized when using subscriptions.

If you see no difference at all in between Opus and Deepseek Flash for your work, that is great! Personally, I found the latter to be unusable for the projects I was working on.

Can you describe what you are doing where comparing the two is problematic?

For what it's worth, I use DS flash for statistical analysis, design (C++, Python), scripting, server maintenance. The same I used for Opus.

> When I was using anthropic subs, my "equivalent usage" was $6k/month.

Exactly, yeah. The subscriptions are insanely generous and far better value than open models.

No, my point is I can get the same work done paying < $100/month with the open models.

I don’t think you can.

You'd be surprised what you can accomplish if you don't just let the agents go wild.

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