Do you mind sharing what your spend is like on Openrouter? I pay for the $200 Claude Code plan just so I never have to think about usage or feel like I'm paying per prompt. But I nearly max out my usage each week and I have no idea what that would cost me on Openrouter. I hear a lot of people are using MiniMax of Openrouter. Is that what you do?
From my observation, people who use the api either end up learning to be much more token efficient, or use a cheaper model.
I have been using the API for the last 2 years, OpenRouter for personal projects and Claude API for work, most of it in zed, always on high thinking.
For work I usually spend $25 if I use opus/sonnet all day, and for personal stuff I usually spend $2-$5 if I use sonnet for a full evening.
But, I don’t think someone who’s used to not thinking about token cost and efficient use would get anywhere close to that low spending if they switched from a plan to the API.
