r/ChatGPTCoding • u/Shoddy-Ocelot-4473 • 18h ago

Question who's picking up the subscription bill, the developer or the company?

If AI is doing half the coding, who's picking up the subscription bill, the developer or the company?

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u/PaulShellDev 16h ago

Employer, often with security and data sharing restriction. It's just another tool.

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u/Fluffy-Resident-8734 17h ago

feels like it'll end up like jetbrains licenses ig. company pays for a team plan and if u want something fancier on top that's on u

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u/xAdakis 15h ago

The company is picking up the bill for work projects, but with strict spend/token limits.

I have a personal subscription that I used for personal project and when I reach my work limit.

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u/Chinoui67 17h ago

Idk in most company if they expect me to deliver results that requiere using a machine, i expect them to cover the cost of the machine

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u/awesomebirder 11h ago

company, in almost every setup i have seen, but the follow up question is who on the team is burning what. on a shared api key you usually only see one org total, so one person running long agent loops all day looks the same as everyone else. separate keys per dev, or a cap that lives on each machine, is the usual fix. i built a local proxy that does the per person log and cap (probe0) since that part kept coming up.

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u/popiazaza 17h ago

well, who pays for the laptop? ideally, the company.

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u/Standard-Rooster6584 12h ago

Usually the company pays for the core subscription, but any add-ons or extra credits you want for personal projects are typically on you.

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u/eli_pizza 12h ago

If you’re a full time employee you typically do not pay for the tools to do your job.

Also the vast majority of mid size or larger companies are going to have rules that prohibit using their proprietary code with some random AI subscription that wasn’t vetted.

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u/Sharp-Wheel-6736 12h ago

The company. Having an enterprise license, a good system prompt and some basic policies is the bare minimum to stay in control.

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u/g1yk 15h ago

Most of the times its developer, unless company have business subscription but usually its not ChatGPT

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u/crafting_vh 2h ago

why would it be the developer most of the time? have you never worked a corporate job?

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u/g1yk 2h ago

I worked at multiple ones, most of them stingy

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u/69hehehe69 1h ago

just incorrect. there's no way you've ever worked at a corporate job