Original Reddit post

I was recently read how the cheaper models some times don’t seem to provide as much discount as they claim due to more number of turns they require to complete the same task. I own a Claude Max Subscription, since they already provided discounted rates to their subscribers, Do I still get a considerable benefit from using APIs from the open source/cheap models? I usually exhaust my 5hr and weekly window. Will buying API keys of these opensource/cheaper models be more efficient or another 20$ plan from either GPT or claude would be more cost efficient and value for money? Thanks for helping!! submitted by /u/TurbulentCow1371

Originally posted by u/TurbulentCow1371 on r/ClaudeCode