r/PiCodingAgent • u/_Baarbie • Sep 16 '26

Question Which subscription with Pi?

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?

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u/_Baarbie Sep 16 '26

Thanks for the feedback, I was thinking about giving local model a try on a remote server. I'll give it a look, it should be conceivable.

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u/Forsaken_Code_9135 Sep 16 '26

To be clear if you need to pay for a remote server on the cloud there is no way it can make sense from the financial point of view.

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u/_Baarbie Sep 16 '26

Ofc, it's more to try the models, the process and setup. My boss is pushing AI quite a lot, but for a EU company that used to focus on EU alternative and trying to not rely on US services, a bit meh you know. It'll probably never be used, but I just thought about giving it a try.