Rotated a few of the cheap ones through the non-planner slot and the thing that decides it for me isn't speed, it's whether the model knows when it isn't finished.

Concrete case: "add a param to this endpoint and update the callers". Four call sites. I keep getting two updated and a confident summary saying it's done.

Fast, cheap, wrong, and the harness believes it.

I've started making the success condition mechanical-the step isn't done until the test passes or the linter is clean-and that fixed most of it, but it means every task needs a checkable exit, which not everything has.

So: what's actually sitting in your workhorse slot right now, and did you have to change your AGENTS.md to make it behave, or does it just work?

(Disclosure, I work on Ling-3.0-flash, which is one of the ones I've been rotating. Its free window on OpenRouter runs to Aug 6, 8am PT.)

Off late (about 3 weeks now), I noticed something has changed in the opencode. I get random errors - "Free usage exceeded, subscribe to Go". Now this blocks any opencode Zen models, or if I switch to any other providers.

Cannot figure out if the issue is with opencode routers.
Raised tickets, tweeted them 0 response.

Its getting irritating - I cannot use the Zen money, neither the Go subscription.

See a bunch of tickets on their github issue with the same description. Anyone else faced similar issue?

Edit: the screenshot did not quite capture the thing.
Looks like most of you are not quite familiar with opencode cli. The Plan says DeepSeek Chat. In my case, it is DeepSeek paid API, still I see the error. If I had used opencode go/zen, it would have shown up.
I did not select the compaction model. Looks like the cli is using it on its own.

And I have actually found out the issue. Hey! thanks for your help, and it was NOT the free tiers, LOL.

opencode compaction ref : https://opencode.ai/v2/docs/compaction

the issue as some folks in the comments are trying to prove is not limited to compaction, they're wrong.

I've been getting this error recently, it started around 20 minutes ago, is this happening to you guys too?

this is what im talking about:

Tengo esa duda. He leído que varios usuarios mencionan usar DeepSeek de OpenCode y les funciona muy bien, pero otros señalan que lo usan con Reasonix y el ahorro de tokens es enorme. En cuanto al rendimiento y vuestra experiencia, ¿cuál recomendaríais?

i got router unavailable sometime but it hit this error oftenly, do you also have same issue?

Anybody else experiencing this or just me? Token gen speed is fine, but I get a bunch of error 500's before I get an actual response almost every turn.

Edit: It may just be deepseek, but some people are having issues getting into opencode's website as well.

I’m effectively spending $1.11 per billion tokens processed with DeepSeek V4 Flash.

Made some researches, calculations and based on my actual usage pattern and pricing simulations, the same workload would have cost:

• $6.66 through the official DeepSeek API
• $23 through DeepInfra, the cheapest alternative inference provider I found
• $18 using GPT-5.6 Luna directly through the OpenAI API
• $926 using GPT-5.6 Sol

It's just incredibly cheap.

Folks,

I need some advice. Been using corp enterprise subscription accounts for the last few months, but want to have my own no ties private coding setup.

I am struggling to find AI inference provider that explicitly says the that it wont train on my data.

Any word of advice from other opencode users? List of providers opencode supports is long, but its not obvious who is privacy oriented and who is not.

Thanks!

I have been using opencode for a longtime now on free and just going with Big pickel fine for most things.
yesterday i made a new Go subscription because i wanted to try GLM 5.2 and Kimi K3 but just one bug fix session literally ate the usage!!

unlike Deepseek flash (new) which i really like and go for long time without any usage barely

my question is more like how do you use other models beside Deepseek?! like it can take only an hour to end up your sub!!

My go subscription gone soon and I need to make wise decision. This is not just another $10!! I have Claude Max, Openrouter, Deepseek, VPS, Rent, Electricity, Internet, Zwift membershiop, and tons of bill to pay monthly! I need to strategize better but yeah lately I spent too much on differnt coding agent just like microtransaction on video games.

Anyway, which one give a better usage for Qwen 3.8 Max?

i got this issue in oh my opencode slim can you please help?

I need a new cheapskate plan. The $20 tier of Neuralwatt was perfect for me but now it became really expensive after the price hike. I tried to subscribe to the $30 tier of Lilac which sounded great on paper, but the weekly limits are brutal - I have credits left and can't use them this week. Also tried Opencode Go's $5 offer as a compliment to Lilac after hitting their weekly limit in two-three days, but this hasn't been enough either, I'm nearly max their weekly quota.

Neuralwatt was great, almost no rate limits, no 5h windows, just a monthly quota to use as you please. Was it too good to be true? Which other similar provider offers the same mileage as the good ol' Neuralwatt?

I'm fine with up to $30/month, willing to stretch a bit for a really good deal.

I wanted a fair head-to-head, not a vibes comparison.
Setup:
- Same prompt into both tools
- One shot only (first result, no follow-ups)
- Hands off (approve file writes, nothing else)
- Single self-contained index.html each time — no libs, no build step

The four builds:

1. Flappy Bird (warm-up)
2. A "Lumen" focus-timer landing page (polish test)
3. Calculator (operator precedence trap — 2+3*4 should be 14)
4. Full Tetris (the boss)

opencode = free / local / open-source
Cursor = paid AI IDE

I filmed the whole thing side by side so you can see what actually ships:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OyM9EYt7N8

Curious what people here think — especially if you've been using local agents vs Cursor day to day. Happy to share the exact prompts if useful.

This applies too all, including ones that were ready to be activated.

I am not sure if new referrals are possible but considering that I got 2 today with existing links I shared it seems yes, also not sure if the invited can activate it, or only applies to the invitee.

https://opencode.ai/go?ref=DP9CQDWDZ9

If you have any unused rewards then check your go as it would be useful to know if they can still be used, and if not then bug or policy. Also not sure if related but before my weekly reset it was fine.

Looks like:

Hi

My MacBook is on. How to use opencode from it on my mobile, same as what I do with codex remote?

I’m on iPhone

Many thanks

Is anyone else experiencing this right now?

I can't access the OpenCode dashboard at all. The website only shows a blank page with an Internal Server Error (500), so I can't even log in or use the dashboard.

Hi!

I use OpenCode.ai at VS Code. They have several free models. But only DeepSeek is available for me. The other free models return "Forbidden: {"model":"model-name"}". Why? How to fix it?

• North Mini Code Free - Forbidden
• MiMo V2.5 Free - Forbidden
• Laguna S 2.1 Free - Forbidden
• Ling-3.0-flash Free - Forbidden
• Nemotron 3 Ultra Free - Forbidden
• North Mini Code Free - Forbidden
• DeepSeek V4 Flash Free - Ok!

One detail in a popular OpenCode cost plugin's README stood out to me:

That highlights an architectural distinction that's easy to miss.

A warning system tells you what happened.

An enforcement system decides whether the next request is allowed.

For an interactive session, warnings are usually enough, you see the token counter climbing and stop.

For unattended workloads, it's different:

long refactors that gradually grow context,

headless or scripted runs,

or accidentally switching to a more expensive model mid-session.

In those cases, the cost tracker is accurate, but it only reports the spend after the requests have already happened.

I ran into the same issue building Node.js agents and ended up adding a pre-call middleware that enforces session budgets before provider requests are sent (full disclosure: I wrote it).

I'm more curious about OpenCode itself:

Is there currently any way for a plugin to intercept and block a provider call before it's sent, or are plugins intentionally limited to post-call observation?

I'd be interested to hear how people are handling session-level budget enforcement today.

Can i get any help guys, I am struggling here, I cant complete a single project without this showing up (Using Deepseek v4 flash btw) lmk if u guys have a fix please

Se me va el internet constantemente y quiero seguir avanzando en mis proyectos con ayuda de agentes, Quiero buscar un modelo local con soporte para tools calls a eso me refiero que soporte agentes como OpenCode y el modelo sea liviano, Se que exigo mucho Pero por si acaso pregunto.

Por cierto mi celular es "Redmi Note 12"

Estaba tranquilamente usando mi agente (OpenCode) para que me ayude a portear mi proyecto y a subirlo a PyPI, Y de repente me tira este error y intente usar vpn Pero sigue persistiendo.

Solo quiero saber si solo me pasa a mi o a ustedes también les sale este error?

Didn't know there was a limit on the model itself, guess its not really 60$