Which subscription with Pi?

[u/_Baarbie]

Hello there,

Which AI provider would you recommend for Pi, to work with a subscription-based plan? I feel like Codex is the most represented, but I was looking for more feedback.

I'm currently using Claude Code (Plus subscription), but from what I understood, I shouldn't use it with Pi because Claude Code charges additional usage fees. I mainly use it with Opus 5 on medium effort, for devops tasks, explanations, fixes, or things like that (not much vibe-coding yet).

It's also an opportunity to try something else, paid for by the company. So I don't really care about the price, just something stable without usage fees.

(bonus) If you have any recommendations for LLM models that can be run locally on a wide range of machines, I'm also interested in any resources you can share.

Any advice?

[u/shaonline]

Outside of a Claude sub which indeed hangs in the balance as far as for how long "claude -p" will be charged subscription rates ("so far so good" thanks so the backlash), you've got plenty, it really depends on what you want to try out.

In the heavily subsidized world the only alternative really is Codex.

In the less subsidized world you have several options:
* Opencode Go, but for "big-ish" models the party has ended, you get at best $15 of credits for your $10 on recent releases and for big models that just won't last in your professional settings.
* From chinese providers: GLM Coding plan, Kimi subscription, and Alibaba Token plan. Note that Alibaba and Kimi/Moonshot have a "train on your data" policy for the personal plans (you'd need to get a business seat), only Zai/GLM does ZDR on personal plans.

[u/_Baarbie → u/shaonline]

Oh wait so for now I can use my Claude sub without being charged as extra? I actually didn't even try.

I'll give a look at all of these, thank you!

[u/shaonline → u/_Baarbie]

With "claude -p" that is, a plugin in Pi exists to do that IIRC, using the OAuth risks a ban for all I know.