Ask HN: How much are you spending monthly to use AI?

1 Dotnaught 4 6/26/2025, 4:40:57 PM

AI billing is highly variable. What are you paying and what steps do you take to optimize costs? And has the cost proven to be worth it?

Comments (4)

stray · 4h ago

A few hundred. I'm not exactly sure. Soon, I will probably only be using the $200 tier of Claude Code. I had just canceled my Gemini Ultra when they finally released a terminal client, though, so I'm on the fence.

Dell3420 · 4h ago

is 200 USD Claude code really-really good one?

yousseftarhri · 4h ago

0 dollar, i only use free services. Im still a student hahahahahah

Dell3420 · 4h ago

I'm the same, but I use any free Agentic service daily for work.

It's useful for something that I need to do fast. We can buy knowledge nowdays.

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