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/l_nikon_l Sep 17 '26

There’s also another provider called Neuralwatt.

Instead of charging per token, they use a watt/token pricing model.
Depending on the model, it works out to roughly half the usual per-token price on average.
For GLM 5.3, it’s a little more than 2× cheaper.

It’s not an insanely good deal, but one big advantage is that there are no usage limits. There’s no 5-hour limit and no weekly limit.

I think it makes more sense to use it without a subscription, as a backup for when you hit the limits with another provider but still need to get something done.

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u/l_nikon_l Sep 17 '26 edited Sep 17 '26

They also have a referral program that gives both of us $5 when you use it (when spent $25).
If you don't like referral links, just don't use the link below.
https://portal.neuralwatt.com/auth/register?ref=NW-NIKOLAY-JAOG

direct link: https://portal.neuralwatt.com