Claude Opus Token Drain Prompts Devs to Consider ChatGPT Pro
EngineersAsylum · reddit · 2026-08-11
A developer who has been using the Claude Max 5 subscription for code development asked for community advice. They noted that when using GSD for spec-driven development, the Opus model consumes tokens so quickly that weekly limits are exhausted in just 4 to 5 days. They are considering switching to the $100 ChatGPT subscription and asked how well ChatGPT performs in similar development workflows compared to Claude.
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