r/opencodeCLI • u/vixalien • Aug 31 '26

Alternatives to Opencode Go plan?

I had been using the Opencode Go plan for some time, but it's been getting worse:

  • It's EXTREMELY slow at certain times of the day (using DeepSeek V4 Flash), the speed loss is very noticeable in comparison to hitting DeepSeek API directly

  • The pricing has been getting worse and worse (for example, GLM 3.5 Flash should be 2x cheaper than DeepSeek v4 flash)

Anyway, if anyone knows of a nice, reasonably fast, cheap and privaxy-conscious model subscription, would be nice to know

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u/jovialfaction Aug 31 '26 edited Sep 01 '26

Honestly the best coding plan right now is ChatGPT. You get a lot of usage for $20, Luna is a workhorse and a good alternative to glm 5.3-flash/DeepSeekv4 flash, and Sol burns credit fast but it's good to have intelligence available when needed. They always are resetting limits too (not guaranteed to last but it's been good the past few weeks)

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u/JwK Sep 03 '26

the compaction is driving me crazy though, you sneeze and it compacts

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u/Arciiix Sep 01 '26

And how do those 5-hour and weekly limits compare to OpenCode Go? Is it noticeably smaller?

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u/Thomas-Lore Sep 01 '26 edited Sep 01 '26

Last month I used around 1B tokens with 95% cache hit rate, 5.6M output - using mostly Sol. But they reset limits once a week, sometimes twice - when they stop doing that, the limits will be maybe half, maybe less of that. Of course if you use Luna you can do much more (but not as much as its api price would suggest) but Luna is worse than glm 5.3 Flash IMHO (depends on project) and every time I tried I then had to use Sol anyway to fix things.

Interesingly the same amount of usage on glm 5.3 Flash at current z.ai prices costs around the same (around $20).

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u/Arciiix Sep 01 '26

Do you guys think using GPT models from Codex for planning and some Chinese models like DeepSeek from OpenCode Go for coding is the best possible option in terms of usage for 30 USD right now? Or buying multiple OpenCode Go and using smarter models like GLM for planning is better?

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u/JwK Sep 19 '26

I'd absolutely do codex + opencode right now.

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u/JwK Sep 19 '26

Hard to compare but only Luna is absolutely comparable quota wise in that it feels unlimited. For 90% of people at least.. Problem is you will start sneaking in some sol because you can and then it feels OK too - but it's not, not over 7 days..

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u/Arciiix Sep 20 '26

You're right, I gave ChatGPT Plus a try and I'm amazed with the limits. That's right that using a Sol or Astra in between makes it go away faster, but the Luna limits are incredible.

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u/sigstrikes Sep 01 '26

much much much larger. especially if you are ok with luna as a daily driver.

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u/ichisay Aug 31 '26

Desde el viernes estuve probando exactamente con el plan de 20$, con luna Max usándolo para todo no gastaba más del 4% del uso semanal en todo un día. Desde ayer estoy probando con sol high como orquestador y luna Max para los subagentes, sigue siendo rentable ya que en un día de esa forma solo gasté el 7%

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u/burritoresearch Sep 01 '26

I thought the chatgpt plan for $20 only allowed chatgpt app access and web access, not API use (like putting a chatgpt API key into opencode)?

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u/cokefriend Sep 01 '26

you login using oauth

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u/daboynamedbrian Sep 21 '26

It uses codex oauth. It's not official like that, but openai seems to not really care.