Comment by himata4113

5 hours ago

I am sorry, but if you're given $1200 in api for free I wouldn't consider that as working around flakey limits especially when you only need to max out the 5 hour limit 5 times a week.

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RussianCow  5 hours ago

I don't understand what you're saying. If I hit my 5-hour limit in 2 hours, I still need to get work done for the other 3. I'm not going to sit there and wait for my limit to reset.

  • himata4113  2 hours ago

    you get more than $20 worth of usage within 1 5 hour window at which point it pays for itself.

    • RussianCow  1 hour ago

      But we're not comparing a Claude subscription to using Claude at API prices; we're comparing it to using a cheap model like DeepSeek V4.1 Flash at API prices. If I hit the 5-hour limit in 2 hours with Claude and have to wait 3 hours for it to reset, I get less value out of that subscription than I would have if I'd have just used DeepSeek to begin with, and the latter isn't more expensive.

      So my original point about the limits being awkward still stands.

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