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Tool prices rise faster than the value they give

Cloud and tool cost8 posts from 8 people7d active+22 posts in the last 7 days, 2 the 7 days before (steady)

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Posts per day8 posts, Aug 27 to Sep 25

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...route for enterprise. With copilot at least you can choose cheaper models if things get too expensive and restrict them in the worst case. None are cheap though you’re talking hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars a year if you have over a thousand people using it.Hacker News commentshdzSep 25today
TOO EXPENSIVETRIED USING THE COMPUTER AND ASK TO GENERATE A MOVIE/VIDEO AND IT TOOK ALMOST 30 MINUTES AND EXPENSIVE TO! I HAD TO KEEP BUYING CREDIT JUST TO FINISH ONE TASK!Perplexity App Store reviewsSep 214 days ago
...you the files where erosion is occurring to refactor. This stops erosion before it gets too expensive to change (big refactors or rewrite). Yes, happy to work with others to get the metric into other tools.Hacker News commentssagenschneiderSep 169 days ago
...than renaming files that I don't care about very much or extracting data (though it's too expensive for data extraction at scale).Hacker News commentsmapontoseventhsSep 1510 days ago
...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 commentsjjavSep 52 weeks ago
Significantly too expensive for most users. I understand that they target agencies, but most users would prefer less and pay by site instead of paying 120 EUR / year for unlimited sited Also the traffic cost is ridiculously high. Even AWS (which is often criticized for theiHacker News commentsgbxbxbcbdSep 52 weeks ago
Luna on xhigh unlocks gh copilot for me. Sol, even discounted, is too expensive to use and is much slower. Luna on the other hand seems to be so cheap you don't have to think about cost.Hacker News commentsImaCakeAug 284 weeks ago
...as they design the next generation airflow system. Or do you think it would still be way too expensive even then?Hacker News commentsPlunderBunnyAug 274 weeks ago

Companies and products named

Company or productPosts naming it
GitHub Copilot2
Perplexity1
Apache Airflow1
Anthropic1
OpenAI1
Cursor1
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Evidence

8 posts from 8 people in 2 places, about 2 a week over 30 days. Mostly on Hacker News comments, Perplexity App Store reviews. Tools named alongside: GitHub Copilot, Perplexity, Apache Airflow, Anthropic.

Frustration Frustration 2 of 3· Seen on Hacker News, App Store reviews

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Posts that state a pain and match the "tool-pricing" rule. First post Aug 27, 2026, latest Sep 25, 2026. Corroborated: 3 or more posts from 2 or more people or places. Method

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  • 2026-09-25 Added: Tool prices rise faster than the value they give (7 posts)

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