Claude is opaque as regards token usage. So you might end up using your 5hr limit in 7-10 minutes using regular Sonnet. Meanwhile, OpenCode etc give you exact breakdown in terms of how many cached tokens used per session etc which you can use to estimate burn rate.
All these coding tools are extremely wasteful as far as resources are concerned. Almost designed to make you move to the next tier. You have to consciously restrict their scope all the time to make your plans last. Even with Kimi/MiniMax a 3-4 hour session often ends up with 50-70M cached reads. Not a small amount at all.
All these coding tools are extremely wasteful as far as resources are concerned. Almost designed to make you move to the next tier. You have to consciously restrict their scope all the time to make your plans last. Even with Kimi/MiniMax a 3-4 hour session often ends up with 50-70M cached reads. Not a small amount at all.