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Just calculated: A $20 subscription buys you ~$1300 in API costs (methodology below)

Methodology: 1- Newly created subscription 2- Reach close to 100% of the 5-hour limit 3- Calculate the API costs across all sessions' logs 4- Extrapolate Interestingly, I have previously calculated the $200 to buy around $8000 of usage -- but that one wasn't precise -- so if it's true, the cheapest…

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  1. 2026-10-11 10:33 · r/ClaudeAI
    Just calculated: A $20 subscription buys you ~$1300 in API costs (methodology below)

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