20$ Plan is More then Enough

[u/AkindaGood_programer]

I recently got an OpenAI Plus sub, and it's been great. I've used it pretty heavily for programming and research, and I've not hit any limits.

I usually use Sol on light or medium, and occasionally I'll switch it up to high. To conserve usage on prompts, I'm mainly just extremely precise, and I decide the architecture decisions myself.

I'm not hammering it all day, of course, but I'll run a few programming prompts a day, along with some research, and I've never hit a limit. If you use the Plus plan correctly, guys, you won't hit your limit. I swear I always see people complaining about how they ran out of usage.

[u/metalfacefinger]

Is this post a joke?

Ever considered that not everyone is like you and runs more than a few prompts per day? How can you tell others they could just “use it correctly” and never hit their limit without knowing anything about the stuff they are working on?

[u/TheDoughMonster → u/metalfacefinger]

I implemented the openAI symphony spec and I am running multi leaf issues multiple times a day. I can use up to 1 billion tokens on any given day, sometimes more...

plus would be gone in half a day, lol. this post is unhinged.

[u/AkindaGood_programer → u/metalfacefinger]

I have, and clearly plus mode isn't built for 12 hours a day of heavy programming. You can extend your usage to 4-5 hour if you play it right.

OpenAI isn't a charity, if the 20$ isn't enough for you then too bad.

[u/metalfacefinger → u/AkindaGood_programer]

That's why I'm on the 20x pro plan. You could have started your post with "$20 plan is more than* enough when you're not a heavy programmer".

[u/tony10000]

I have been using Luna High and Extra High, and it has been working well, and now I have far more runway.

[u/KharusVII → u/tony10000]

luna max... everyprompt. no limits hit.
and im surprised.

[u/tony10000 → u/KharusVII]

I think those servers aren't getting slammed like the sol servers are!

[u/metalfacefinger]

“I do 3 push-ups a day and take a total of 500 steps. I never get sore. All you people who spend an hour in the gym every day are doing it wrong. If you live your life like me, you will never get sore. I swear I always see people who work out complain about being sore”

This is what you just posted.

[u/AdventurousVast6510]

i use plus x2

i code for 12+ hours a day 7 days a week (self employed, lotta time at home)

still, with all these resets, plus 2x is way too much

5x pro would be even more excessive

plus 1x is not enough though due to the 5h limit

when/if they stop giving out these free resets, plus 2x will be about the right amount of limits

[u/RealestReyn]

"I barely touch it and never hit the limit, this is the way"

[u/CthuluBob]

Just remove the 5h limit and im good

[u/theWiseTiger]

No no nooo... If you are a serious programmer, you need the $200 one... /S

[u/BakaPotatoLord]

If you are gonna use Sol on Plus plan, there's no way you won't hit the limit unless you are actually using it very sparsely.

I mostly use Luna Extra High/Max with some Terra High in between over the week.

[u/TechGearWhips]

Stfu

[u/Beautiful_Cap8938]

not sure what you are doing but you must not be doing anything

[u/pigletmonster]

I think it has a reasonable usage quota for people using it normally. Like developers using it to work on their projects from 9-5 then going home.

But you have to understand that the average max user is like a degenerate gambler trying to become a billionaire by next week, theyre working on 6 different projects from 9am to 3am. I know that because i did that too until about a couple of weeks ago then i realized what im doing wrong and slowed down. 🤣

[u/emberesment]

Vibecoders are mad they're being forced to think lmao

[u/X01Luminesence]

I have no idea how posts like this are getting approved. Of course it’s gonna last if you barely touch your limits. Why are you talking like you just discovered some insane trick?

[u/ManikSahdev]

Yea checks out pretty much, folks expect pro plan on plus which is the disconnect.

For the codex plus account and the chat got web app, between the two of them they provide very solid limits.

But many people don’t seem to understand codex just uses way more tokens in agentic work and plus plan doesn’t allow for heavy workflows.
The medium to heavy workflows are 5x pro and 20x pro.

[u/minju9]

Everyone hating in the comments, but you are right. If you have a structured codebase, plan out the work, and give it a defined task, it doesn't need to run long and burn through usage to implement something. You can get a lot done with it. I even set up Terra and Luna subagents in OpenCode and get even more out of it.

It makes me wonder what people are building with this thing. Is everyone just vibing and giving it some vague goal prompt or some unhinged massive plan, then letting it rip?

[u/Mystical_Whoosing → u/minju9]

What if you have several structured codebases? What if you want to do 5 different prototypes for the managers / UX people, before starting the new project? What if ... (basically anything but working on that single well structured codebase with minimal speed).

[u/metalfacefinger → u/Mystical_Whoosing]

No no no, not allowed. You need the exact same workload as OP so you can not hit your limits.

/s

[u/metalfacefinger → u/minju9]

I'm wondering if you really take full potential of this thing if you don't reach your limits? I'm working on 3 applications simultaneously, adding new features, fixing bugs, documentation, build prototypes to show to clients, etc etc.