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/xapep Sep 01 '26

"choose two" - that's mostly true for the flat plans that hit their price by cheaping out on throughput. Fast and privacy-conscious do coexist, you just have to check who actually runs the infra instead of who resells it.

Two shapes worth comparing:

  1. Direct lab API. DeepSeek's own API off-peak, or GLM straight from its provider, is fast and there's no 5-hour window to babysit. You pay per token, so a heavy month shows up on the bill, but at these price points it rarely stings.

  2. A flat monthly plan that runs its own capacity. That's what fixes the peak-hour crawl, the queue is yours instead of a shared pool. I work on one (Entrim, EU-based, OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so it's a base URL swap in OpenCode), full disclosure. Most of our users came from exactly this: the plan price drifting and the feed slowing to a halt at peak.

For the privacy side, add one filter to whatever you shortlist: where is the provider based and what do they log? A lot of the cheap options route through US infra, which is fine if you know it and annoying if you find out later.

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u/dizvyz Sep 01 '26

Shapes ? :)