Claude Code Subscription Beats $655 API Cost in a Single Session

A user's Claude Code session racked up $655.57 in equivalent API costs, with Opus at 98% and a 99% cache hit rate; a $200 subscription could cover about 12 such sessions, making subscriptions far more cost-effective than API pricing.

2026-10-21 ~ 2026-10-21 · 2 related posts

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