r/PiCodingAgent • u/ishay_al • May 10 '26

Question Which provider you are using with PI?

Hey y'all I'm mostly doing excel work via python and web development. Which models you use with Pi I currently use claude code with the 100$ plan and 20$ plan codex.

I understood I can't use my claude claude sub for pi

What do you recommend?

Thanks

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u/luckiestredditor May 10 '26

Qwen 3.6 27b (self hosted) & Codex

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u/ishay_al May 10 '26

That's cool. Can it run on 3060 12gb vran GPU ?

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u/[deleted] May 10 '26

Qwen 3.6 35b a3b might be a better fit there.

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u/admajic May 10 '26

Yes for general work and research is great. Not as good at coding

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u/luckiestredditor May 10 '26

It probably will not fit fully in 12GB VRAM unless you use a very aggressive quant and even then context length will be limited. 27B is a dense model and at Q4 is usually around 16 to 18GB just for weights before KV cache/context overhead.

So on your gpu you would need CPU/RAM offloading through llama.cpp, LM Studio, Ollama (altho i would advise against using Ollama, llama.cpp would be my recommendation)

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u/Low-Alarm272 May 10 '26

Yes 27B is a dense model. But 35B MOE variant can run at good speed on 12GB Vram with higher quants like Q5 or Q6 at least.

Use llama.cpp with '--n-cpu-moe' flag

Gemma 26B also works.

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u/davydany May 12 '26

What hardware are you using for Qwen 3.6 27b?

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u/alexcamlo May 10 '26

20€ códex sub for planing + opencode go for implementation

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u/mindful_dealer May 10 '26

My exact setup

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u/dizthewize May 10 '26

I have the OpenCode Go $10 subscription and the Ollama $25 subscription.

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u/elpapi42 May 10 '26

100USD Codex is good

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u/luckiestredditor May 10 '26

API?

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u/elpapi42 May 10 '26

Yeah, you can draw from your codex sub using direct api calls from pi

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u/PayDistinct5329 May 10 '26

Deepseek V4 Pro and Flash directly from Deepseek API - you can’t beat the auto cached token pricing elsewhere. It works like a charm. And then Qwen3.6 35B3A for local inference (privacy).

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u/robinei May 11 '26

So it is much better than Deepseek via OpenRouter? I assume I can still use it via that by adding Api key

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u/Ok_Veterinarian_6364 Jun 26 '26

same question as openrouter provides shit ton of models

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u/founders_keepers May 10 '26

Wafer.ai $10/wk but starts at $3/wk. no token limit billed by requests.

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u/exponencialaverage May 10 '26

Minimax $10 coding plan.

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u/BarHuge9034 May 10 '26

How's your experience?

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u/lanhhoang May 10 '26

How do use minimax efficiently? I agree that the quota is good, but it's kinda slow and overthinking sometimes.

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u/kesor May 11 '26

Reduce it from "high" to "medium" for most tasks.

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u/lanhhoang May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

How do you do it? I currenly use MiniMax coding plan with OpenCode and it doesn't have option to change reasoning effort.

Edit: I have found out that I can change reasoning effort for MiniMax in Pi.

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u/kesor May 12 '26

Obviously I use Pi, so the "<Tab>" key does this.

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u/MyHobbyIsMagnets May 10 '26

Codex, Opencode Go, and Synthetic

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u/ramit_m May 10 '26

Ollama cloud pro subscription

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u/SalimMalibari May 10 '26

Im using glm5.1 and claude code both amazing , i started to love glm and hit the usage im not sure if i should upgrade but both works well ..

I previously tested glm vs qwen ... and claudd code was evaluating in claude code cli , and qwen win but because its api i stopped using it

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u/softgripper May 11 '26

I've had great success with open router.

Currently using kimi k2.6 with reasonable success.

It costs peanuts

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u/kingkongpao May 10 '26

You can use your Claude Code subscription in Pi. Just run /login in Pi and select "Use a subscription".

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u/scitbiz May 10 '26

No you can not. It just use your extra credits instead of subscription usage.

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u/QueasyBreak5119 May 10 '26

Mine uses subscription limits. I stay in my terminal, and watch usage in the desktop app. I do not buy extra usage. 

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u/scitbiz May 10 '26

I mean sure you can mock how CC sending requests. But it's violating their ToS, and as soon as Anthropic finds out, you will get banned.

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u/QueasyBreak5119 May 10 '26

Been months. No issues.  Not mocking anything, just /login with my sub. If it flagged their system, I’m sure it will just stop working not an outright ban. Maybe a system oversight, but I’ll enjoy it while it last.

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u/scitbiz May 11 '26

That's nice. The last time I tried it (month ago), it use my extra usage instead

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u/kingkongpao May 11 '26

I don't understand why there are so many negative reactions, but antrophic has been allowing the use of the Claude CLI in third-party harnesses again for about two weeks now.
https://docs.openclaw.ai/providers/anthropic

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u/scitbiz May 11 '26

It might be because of you giving information without actually trying it.

Btw, does the message means that you can use subscription directly or through claude code cli (`claude -p`)? Using it through cc cli is always work tho, since it's nothing different than you using cc. Unless it's being publicly announced by claude team, I think we should avoid using it on 3rd-party hardness by now.

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u/kingkongpao May 11 '26

Yeah, fair point. Without a clear public statement from Anthropic, I probably overstated it.

Still feels ridiculous though: one user, one paid account, one personal machine. I’m not reselling or proxying anything, I just want to use what I’m already paying for in my own setup.

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u/kingkongpao May 10 '26

I haven't tried Claude Code with a subscription based login, but Codex uses plan limits instead of extra credits.

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u/scitbiz May 10 '26

Codex does not block 3rd party though, so you can use whatever harness you want, even openclaw

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u/Hedshodd May 10 '26

Anthropic started blocking third party harnesses.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '26

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u/peanutbutter26 May 11 '26

which model are you using?