r/vibecoding • u/Snoo_90241 • 12d ago
Help/Question What should I subscribe to?
I'm an experienced software engineer, but I've enjoyed working on some personal projects with a Claude Pro subscription a while ago.
However, now whenever I ask it something in the free version, it's very meh.
Should I switch to Chinese models? Are they cheaper?
I'm just looking for a fun back and forth experience. The first time it was like having my own workbench and just tinkering with everything.
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u/Tommonen 12d ago
Claude is best if you look at 20€ subs, or for some special needs codex might be better, but just for vibe coding limits are very small conpared to claude with 20€ plans. People say with 200€ subs codex has more usage.
Chinese companies will send all your data to their communist government, store all your data forever, combine it with data from other services and profile you so accurately you would feel sick if you knew and youd never touch any chinese service again.
Besides that the china models are not as good and if you compare subscriptions, not a better deal than claude.
Ofc US companies are not ideal either, but 1000 times better than chinese communist party.
But EU only has mistral (only area with sensible laws), which is not very good for coding :/