Anthropic pricing is too high or keeps changing

Cloud and tool cost2 posts from 2 people2d active+00 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (fading)Unverified

Posts per day2 posts, Sep 5 to Oct 21

The posts behind it

2, newest first

Hacker NewsOct 12 e that going 1) can’t easily autopilot due to security. Ganna keep on prompting you into running weird shell commands 2) it’ll launch your code on weird Anthropic or ChatGPT sites behind a paywall 3) between the two of them it’ll Misalign the solution so it’s unusableHacker News comments · alexnewmanOpen ↗Hacker NewsSep 5 ...are still superior I'll grant they are superior at least right now. But also, they are too expensive. We ($work) are finding that it is best to build engineering discipline around AI usage (who would've thought!) and use the cheaper models like Cursor Composer. Using Opus we can...Hacker News comments · jjavOpen ↗

Companies and products named

Named2 posts

Anthropic Named1 post

OpenAI Named1 post

Cursor Named1 post

ChatGPT

About this problem

Evidence

2 posts from 2 people in 1 place, about 1 a week over 38 days. Mostly on Hacker News comments. Tools named alongside: OpenAI, Cursor, ChatGPT.

Frustration Frustration 3 of 3· Seen on Hacker News

How it was grouped

Posts that state a pain and match the "tool-pricing" rule about Anthropic. First post Sep 5, 2026, latest Oct 12, 2026. Unverified: fewer than 3 posts, or one person or place only. Method

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History

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AddedOct 13, 2026Anthropic pricing is too high or keeps changing (2 posts)