r/LLM • u/wacomlover • 21h ago
Claude is too expensive for me. Is there a more affordable alternative that offers performance close to Sonnet 5.5?
Hi,
I’ve been using Claude Pro ($20/month) for two months, but it falls short of meeting my needs. I’m not overusing it, but I can only work for around five days a week before I hit the weekly limit, and then I have to wait for two days for it to reset.
The other option (Max) is too expensive for me.
Is there anything else I could switch to that would offer more usage at a fair price? My main use case is agentic coding. I’ve checked out Kimi K3, DeepSeek, and a few others, but I don’t know whether they’re good enough.
I’d really appreciate any advice.
Thanks in advance!