Using Powerful AI Models for Coding is Too Expensive
burhop · x · 2026-07-10
This post highlights a very realistic issue: the cost of heavily using coding models can be extremely high.
The author provides a rough estimate:
- 1 hour of gpt 5.6 sol ultra will consume the 5-hour quota of a $200 subscription;
- Running ultra 24/7 might cost around $1000/month;
- Maintaining 3 concurrent ultra sessions 24/7 would cost about $3000/month.
Described as a rough calculation of "next-gen development costs," the core takeaway is that as development increasingly relies on intensive model calls, subscriptions and inference quotas will directly become R&D expenses.
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