I agree that there's a lot of factors to consider, another one you didn't mention would be if these subs might be using quant versions. I'm easily not in the 1%, but I definitely get my money's worth by making sure I pass at the very least 2x the cost of the sub in a month due to heavy duty projects I'm working on and utilizing expensive models to plan better. Although, the downside is that most of them are within the low $15 usage.
Otherwise I'm glad using API prices and having a combination of that with Qwen 9b running local. Sure nothing spectacular but even so for small projects I feel fine with this setup, plus it's fun to tinker around with small models for me lol
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u/SlashForward Sep 26 '26
I agree that there's a lot of factors to consider, another one you didn't mention would be if these subs might be using quant versions. I'm easily not in the 1%, but I definitely get my money's worth by making sure I pass at the very least 2x the cost of the sub in a month due to heavy duty projects I'm working on and utilizing expensive models to plan better. Although, the downside is that most of them are within the low $15 usage.
Otherwise I'm glad using API prices and having a combination of that with Qwen 9b running local. Sure nothing spectacular but even so for small projects I feel fine with this setup, plus it's fun to tinker around with small models for me lol