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I’ve been quite content with CoPilot’s $10/mo plan. Still offers access to Claude models (limited tokens) but has no time limits like the $20 Claude plan, so no

I’ve been quite content with CoPilot’s $10/mo plan. Still offers access to Claude models (limited tokens) but has no time limits like the $20 Claude plan, so no interruptions in work flow. I use one of the free models for the more pedestrian tasks then sic Claude on the particularly thorny problems. Works very well for me.

cbdevidal 4mo ago
Can even buy more premium tokens for more Claude use, which I have done once. But most of the time the tokens included in the plan are sufficient.
mellosouls 4mo ago
I'm not sure if you are referring to the old or new plan? Github Copilot offered probably the best value and was IMO underappreciated for a long time; I've been an annual subscriber since day 1. The changes announced a few days ago completely revoke that value proposition, I doubt I'll continue with it.
- cbdevidal 4mo ago
  There’s a new plan? Ugh. I signed up about five months ago.
  - mellosouls 4mo ago
    Yes, unfortunately. eg. discussions below - I think I have seen multipliers of 9x cost to existing use cases: Changes to GitHub Copilot individual plans https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47838508 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47838508 GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47923357 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47923357 Multipliers for annual subscribers: https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/reference/copilot-billing/model-multipliers-for-annual-plans https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/reference/copilot-billing...
    - cbdevidal 4mo ago
      Thanks for the heads up. I had a brainstorming session with Gemini about this (I can’t believe I just typed that sentence lol) and the plan is to switch to two local LLMs; a lightweight, fast 3B model for autocomplete, and a slower 14B model for chat sessions. Then I can switch to a DeepSeek Premium API key for the really tough stuff. It recommended the Continue plugin for VSCode. When I am away from home I’ll run autossh on my dinosaur road laptop (which probably has 8MB video RAM lol) to connect to the home PC’s LLMs. Gemini assured me that this should run well over my intermittent cellular connection. You just saved me some headache and money :-D
      - ramigb 4mo ago
        Opencode has a nice pricing with opencode go. Also minimax has a 10 dollars option that gives you 1500 requests every 5 hours!
__mharrison__ 4mo ago
Copilot was the best deal in AI tooling for a few weeks there. New pricing model changes that. I will still keep it around for autocompletion (for the rare times when I open up an editor).

cbdevidal 4mo ago

Can even buy more premium tokens for more Claude use, which I have done once. But most of the time the tokens included in the plan are sufficient.

mellosouls 4mo ago

I'm not sure if you are referring to the old or new plan? Github Copilot offered probably the best value and was IMO underappreciated for a long time; I've been an annual subscriber since day 1. The changes announced a few days ago completely revoke that value proposition, I doubt I'll continue with it.

cbdevidal 4mo ago
There’s a new plan? Ugh. I signed up about five months ago.
- mellosouls 4mo ago
  Yes, unfortunately. eg. discussions below - I think I have seen multipliers of 9x cost to existing use cases: Changes to GitHub Copilot individual plans https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47838508 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47838508 GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47923357 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47923357 Multipliers for annual subscribers: https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/reference/copilot-billing/model-multipliers-for-annual-plans https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/reference/copilot-billing...
  - cbdevidal 4mo ago
    Thanks for the heads up. I had a brainstorming session with Gemini about this (I can’t believe I just typed that sentence lol) and the plan is to switch to two local LLMs; a lightweight, fast 3B model for autocomplete, and a slower 14B model for chat sessions. Then I can switch to a DeepSeek Premium API key for the really tough stuff. It recommended the Continue plugin for VSCode. When I am away from home I’ll run autossh on my dinosaur road laptop (which probably has 8MB video RAM lol) to connect to the home PC’s LLMs. Gemini assured me that this should run well over my intermittent cellular connection. You just saved me some headache and money :-D
    - ramigb 4mo ago
      Opencode has a nice pricing with opencode go. Also minimax has a 10 dollars option that gives you 1500 requests every 5 hours!

__mharrison__ 4mo ago

Copilot was the best deal in AI tooling for a few weeks there. New pricing model changes that. I will still keep it around for autocompletion (for the rare times when I open up an editor).