… For developers who use Claude heavily, subscription-based pricing can be significantly less expensive. For this reporter during the month of March, a $20 monthly subscription enabled about $236 of token usage which doesn't necessarily reflect the actual per token cost to Anthropic . …
… For lighter users who stayed inside the bundle, it will." Asked whether AI pricing needs to be more predictable, Laurent said it already is, if you pay published API rates. "What hasn't been predictable are the 'buffet' subscription packages," he said. …
… Google's AI for Developers forum is filled with complaints, especially from those with AI Pro $20.00 per month subscriptions. …
… "The unit of sale – a subscription, a plan tier – had been decoupled from the unit of actual cost," he wrote. …
… But it's simple to understand and looks like any other prepayment limited use subscription model. …
… The lower prices will kick in whenever existing users sign up for a new subscription, and also apply to new users. …
… This can take the form of failure to capture usage data, like a subscription overage fee that isn't tracked. Or it might reflect out-of-date pricing information, or billing calculation errors. …
… GitHub Copilot suggests and generates whole blocks of code and is subscription-based but with a free version for limited use. …
… In 2023, Oracle changed its Java SE subscription model, shifting from a per-user or per-processor basis to per-employee. …
… As part of the transition toward more sustainable business practices, Binder said that Anthropic's Opus 4.5 and 4.6 models will be removed from Pro+ subscriptions. …