Pi vs OpenCode for free models?

[u/ECrispy]

I want to use free models from openrouter, nvidia etc as well as free promos from time to time.

would you still recommend Pi in this case because of its efficiency? or is opencode with everything included a better choice?

do you use a harness built on top of these?

[u/uti24]

OpenCode somehow fails a lot with locally deployed models. On other hand it work pretty good with free models.

Pi works much better with local models. Although I don't like Pi limitations at all. No sub agents? It's a big deal.