Comment by KronisLV
2 days ago
> if you use a third party CLI you might be more likely to mix and match or switch away entirely.
I really like doing this, be it with OpenCode or Copilot or Cline/RooCode/KiloCode: I do have a Cerebras Code subscription (50 USD a month for a lot of tokens but only an okayish model) whereas the rest I use by paying per-token.
Monthly spend ends up being somewhere between 100-150 USD total, obviously depending on what I do and the proportion of simple vs complex tasks.
If Sonnet isn’t great for a given task, I can go for GPT-5 or Gemini 3.
I don't do this much because I really like Opus 4.5, and so far I haven't hit the limits on the $200 subscription much, but I do have some projects where I might need far higher limits.
As a matter of principle, I really would like the flexibility though, as while I love Opus now, who knows which model I will prefer next month.