We tested Anthropic's $200/mo Claude plan, which can yield up to $8,000/mo💰️💰️, while OpenAI's $200/month plan could yield up to $14,000/month worth of tokens if you exhausted all the weekly limits on long-horizon tasks. This test was done back in June.
token — The chunk of text a model reads and writes in — roughly three-quarters of a word — and the unit AI usage is billed in.
AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
Why it matters
Quantifies the gap between subscription pricing and API rates for heavy AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition → use — roughly $8,000/month of Claude tokenThe chunk of text a model reads and writes in — roughly three-quarters of a word — and the unit AI usage is billed in.Full definition → and up to $14,000 from OpenAI — which changes whether you build on a plan or on the API.
