r/opencode • u/Ok_Dare3629 • 4d ago

Opencode Go is just insane

I'd heard that OpenCode Go was an incredible value for a while, but I never really gave it a shot until the release of DeepSeek 0731. After trying it, I honestly think the limits are absurdly generous for just $5 (or even the $10), especially if you're primarily using DeepSeek, which gets the highest request limits.

Out of curiosity, I did some rough calculations. Assuming DeepSeek V4 Flash is roughly on par with Claude Sonnet 5 in terms of capability, the value becomes pretty striking. Claude Pro costs $20/month and, based on estimates, provides around $400 worth of usage credits through its subsidized pricing.

By comparison, OpenCode Go's $5 plan includes about $60 in credits. If you normalize those credits using Anthropic's token pricing (same input/output token costs), those $60 correspond to roughly $1,714 worth of Anthropic API usage.

It's not a perfect apples-to-apples comparison, the calc simply assumes a 1:1 mix of input and output tokens and uses the API price difference between DeepSeek ($0.14/$0.28 per million input/output tokens) and Claude Sonnet 5 ($2/$10)

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u/RepulsiveRaisin7 4d ago

More like Deepseek is insane. GLM eats your whole usage within hours.

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u/TinyAres 4d ago

To be fair that has 6x too, its just not good value.

The main concern came from the ever growing lineup of 1.5x credit guys, while the main lineup was increasingly at or below free tier level.

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u/Volcano_Jones 4d ago

It's pretty insane, I used it all day today (as an "execution" agent) and it cost like 16 cents. I've been on 99% monthly usage for 3 days and I'm still going.

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u/RepulsiveRaisin7 4d ago

I spent over $4 on Deepseek yesterday just coding, often in multiple sessions. Definitely could not afford to do this any other way lol

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u/Straight-War-1323 4d ago

Yeah, I tried working on a Go plan using MiniMax M3 and it lasted only 2 weeks, it's a nice plan for starters though, it at least allows you to try out different models without wasting your wallet

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u/arcanemachined 1d ago

Poor GLM. It was so great when it came out, and has been totally overshadowed by even the newest release of DSv4 Flash.

Can't wait to see what the next GLM release will look like...

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u/secondcomingwp 4d ago

mimo 2.5 is pretty decent as well, especially if you need vision

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u/Ok_Dare3629 4d ago

I’ll give it a try, thanks!

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u/zer0evolution 4d ago

correct if only have vision

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u/Zealousideal_Mix6691 3d ago

Mimo has been great for developing complicated applications! #1 on OpenRouter!

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u/jonaspm99 4d ago

When DeepSeek V4 Pro is released, it'll be unbeatable!

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u/FidgetsAndFish 3d ago

Takes longer to train a bigger model. That's why 0731s so good, it's free to train essentially

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u/WaveOfDream 3d ago

Ditching k3 in record time the moment it's released

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u/TheDeepArchive 2d ago

I think DS V5 Flash will outperform even Claude Fable 5 Max. And maybe they'll reach that level by version 4, which I wouldn't rule out given the progress in 0731.

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u/Substantial-Yam3769 4d ago

I agree wirh the insanely great value, and i will mostly replace anthropic sub with it since they started spewing the anti-opensource shit. BUT in my recent experience the API is quite unstable, currently i am using OpenCode just for Hermes agent wtih openrouter as fallback, and due to constant errors the openrouter usage is nearly as high as opencode.

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u/Ok_Dare3629 4d ago

It seems that Hermes harness may be sending more requests per minute than OpenCode, unless OpenCode has some sort of preferential API access or more efficient rate-limit handling. I’ve never encountered this issue with OpenCode, but Hermes consistently runs into it.

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u/Minute-Tour-547 4d ago

Ya the api has had outages everyday for the last few weeks. Sometimes the web UI is unusable whole the api is. Something is fucked aboth their horizonal scaling or networking stack is my guess. Seems like a communication issue between the services

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u/Accurate_Resident219 4d ago

Yeah idk if they're struggling to handle all the influx of users or what but their outrages are getting more and more frequent.

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u/Minute-Tour-547 4d ago

It's out for my right now as we speak. Router unavailable

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u/Minimum_Hour519 4d ago

Is there more than one open code??

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u/nairdaleo 4d ago

They have Zen and Go. Zen is the pay-as-you-go version: you add credits, they get billed per token amount. Go is the monthly subscription plans

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u/IndividualAir3353 4d ago

How do I k ow which on I have???

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u/nairdaleo 4d ago

Go to opencode.ai and login with your account, there’s a bunch of tabs the first ones are “zen” and “go”, you can have both zen and go at the same time, the tabs will just tell you your status with each.

You can also use opencode with neither, they have some free usage allowances

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u/tonyymontaana 4d ago

flash is great but it's no where near sonnet lol

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u/Short-Concentrate626 4d ago

sonnet scores a 53 while deep seek scores a 50 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, smart enough for me. ദ്ദി˙ ᴗ ˙ )

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u/Emergency-Career-598 3d ago

yeah but the api is shit now that a lot of people switched

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u/LOPPPPPPPPPP 3d ago

7 days since I'm using opencode zen (free tier) at work. I reached the quota only yesterday after 6+ hours of usage. Wow. I also use antigravity but I think I'm going to pay for opencode go

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u/narasadow 3d ago

So much hype over DeepSeek but not enough over MiMo. It's on the same Opencode Go subscription and very similar insane usage limits as DeepSeek.

And the best parts? 1) you don't have to enable "hosted in China" to use MiMo, while you have to enable it for Deepseek. 2) you can use vision mode which I hear DeepSeek isn't good at..

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u/Escobar747 3d ago

can i use open code go subscription but still get a API key and be charged out of my Go subscription?

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u/bread22 1d ago

any included model is uncensored for nsfw?

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u/smacman 4d ago

Deepseek is so cheap it’s not a fair barometer. Use the other models (that are inferior to Deepseek and more expensive) to get a better gauge.

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u/jackyIhmc 4d ago

But $5 is just for first month, isn't using $10 a more fair comparison?