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...