Power user: agents now outpace my token consumption, would pay $1k-$10k a month
burhop · x · 2026-09-16
Developer burhop reports that with ChatGPT Pro 20x (including the weekly resets), coding agents now work faster than he can consume tokens. He says he could justify spending $1,000/month on focused tokens today, up to $10,000/month if needed — suggesting the paying ceiling for heavy agent usage far exceeds current pricing tiers. "The next year is going to be so weird," he adds.
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