# Single prompt, model or effort level consumes disproportionate quota (`limits.burn_rate`)

Feedback Bench, coding agents, built 2026-10-19, window 2026-08-31 to 2026-10-18. Web page: https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/#/criterion/limits.burn_rate

Area: [Paying and limits](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/paying.md)

**Definition.** How much quota a specific prompt, task, model version, effort level or feature consumes for the work done. Includes new versions using more than earlier ones and praise for efficient ones. The post names what consumed the quota.

**Boundary.** Not this: see [Short rolling usage window blocks or interrupts work](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/limits.window_interrupts_work.md) when the post is about being blocked by the short window, not about the consumer. Not this: see [Prompt cache hits, misses and invalidation](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/limits.prompt_cache.md) for cache misses. Not this: see [Subagents, parallel agents and orchestrators](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.multi_agent_orchestration.md) when runaway subagents cause the burn.

Rated user-weeks, all agents: 13190. Complaint share: 82%.

## The brief

Written by large language models from this page's numbers and the posts it quotes, then checked: every number in the text is in the build. Interpretation, not measurement.

Pi is the best coding agent at making quota last. Its users say it saves tokens and lets them get a lot done. Devin, Factory, GitHub Copilot and Claude Code also rank high, and their users describe cheap or efficient models that stretch a plan. Quota burn is the 3rd most rated thing about coding agents, and most of those ratings are complaints. Google Antigravity ranks last and Cursor 11th of 12. OpenAI Codex also ranks low. Its users rate quota burn 2.49 times as often as other users and write 52% of the category's complaints here.

### What separates the best from the rest

Users of the leading agents describe controlling where the quota goes. On Factory and Claude Code, users say a cheap model does routine work and an expensive model plans or directs. GitHub Copilot users say a cheap model is good enough to use by default. Pi users say the agent itself uses few tokens. Users of the trailing agents describe losing control. On Google Antigravity, Cursor and Kiro, users say one prompt or small task uses a large share of a limit. OpenAI Codex users say one model version uses more quota than another for the same tasks.

- **Ranks high**: [Claude Code](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/claude-code.md), [Devin](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/devin.md), [Pi](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/pi.md), [Factory](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/factory.md), [GitHub Copilot](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/copilot.md)
  - Pi, 2026-10-01, @pidotdev (X): “using @pidotdev and gotten so much done today. it's really a token saver.” [source](https://twitter.com/219762505/status/2105683279810846971)
  - Factory, 2026-10-06, @FactoryAI (X): “@0d7p7 @factoryai fair worry. what stretches the plan for me is the model multipliers: glm-5.3-flash is 0.06x and opus 5.5 is 1.6x, so flash does the grunt work and opus only plans. which models would you be running most of the time?” [source](https://twitter.com/23220904/status/2107476272766959656)
- **Ranks low**: [OpenCode](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/opencode.md), [Cursor](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/cursor.md), [OpenAI Codex](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/codex.md), [Cline](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/cline.md), [Kiro](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/kiro.md), [Google Antigravity](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/antigravity.md)
  - Google Antigravity, 2026-10-17, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “one simple prompt, for a very simple task, consumed 90% of the weekly tokens. and that was using low effort.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x7qnlw/were_cooked/ph7oc68/)
  - OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-18, r/codex (Reddit): “weird, because task for task today, 6 astra ate 20% of my usage compared to 8% on 6.1 both on ultra.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x8o5oj/do_not_trust_61_sol_right_now/phepa1k/)

## How it breaks

Rule: A separate pass sorts complaints into failure modes. For each criterion with at least 30 complaining user-weeks, a large language model reads 150 complaint posts drawn at random and names 4 to 8 failure modes; a second large language model then puts every complaint post on that criterion in one mode, or in Other when it fits none. Modes are fixed once named, and new posts are sorted into them each week. A mode counts distinct user-weeks with a complaint in it, per agent; across agents, one user-week per agent. Modes do not change the labels or the Feedback Score. Examples: up to 3 posts per mode from different users, chosen and checked as receipts are.

The largest failure mode is a flagship model using up a plan's allowance within minutes or hours. It makes up 17% of complaining user-weeks. OpenAI Codex users write the largest share of every mode except context size. That includes 74% of complaints that a low effort setting saves no quota. Claude Code's largest share is in hidden spend from subagents and parallel sessions, where its users write 39%.

11194 complaining user-weeks.

| Failure mode | User-weeks | Posts | Agents (user-weeks) | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flagship model exhausts plan within minutes | 1956 | 2111 | OpenAI Codex 1128, Claude Code 395, Google Antigravity 194, Cursor 90, OpenCode 72, Devin 38, GitHub Copilot 18, Amp 5, Pi 5, Factory 3, Kiro 3, Cline 2, Warp 2, Augment Code 1 | The post names a specific premium or frontier model and says it uses up a 5-hour, weekly or monthly allowance in minutes or hours of normal use, often on a lower-tier plan; comparisons between versions and failed or looping runs are out. |
| Same workload suddenly drains faster than before | 1804 | 2038 | OpenAI Codex 1042, Claude Code 546, Cursor 94, Google Antigravity 86, OpenCode 23, Kiro 6, GitHub Copilot 2, Devin 2, Pi 2, Cline 1 | Users with an unchanged workflow and model report that usage now runs out several times faster than in previous days or weeks, often blaming a bug or a quiet recalibration; cases that name a model upgrade as the cause are out. |
| New model version burns more than predecessor | 1696 | 1927 | OpenAI Codex 965, Claude Code 440, Google Antigravity 121, Cursor 82, OpenCode 38, GitHub Copilot 18, Kiro 13, Devin 7, Pi 6, Factory 2, Amp 1, Augment Code 1, Cline 1, Conductor 1 | The post says a newer model or version (e.g. a .1 point release or a new flagship) uses noticeably more quota than the earlier version did for similar work; general slowdowns over time with no version change named are out. |
| Trivial prompt consumes large share of limit | 1313 | 1403 | OpenAI Codex 640, Claude Code 319, Google Antigravity 160, Cursor 84, OpenCode 48, GitHub Copilot 26, Kiro 12, Devin 7, Cline 6, Pi 4, Amp 2, Factory 2, Warp 2, Conductor 1 | A single greeting, one-line edit, short question or small task is reported to use a large percentage of the limit or a large dollar amount; long multi-step or orchestrated jobs are out. |
| Low effort setting fails to save quota | 1277 | 1405 | OpenAI Codex 940, Claude Code 183, Google Antigravity 58, Cursor 47, OpenCode 29, GitHub Copilot 7, Devin 6, Amp 3, Pi 3, Kiro 1 | Lower reasoning or effort levels (light, low, medium) are reported to use as much quota as higher levels, or more, or high/max/fast modes are reported to cost far more than they deliver; complaints that don't name an effort or speed setting are out. |
| Subagents and parallel sessions multiply hidden spend | 1235 | 1352 | OpenAI Codex 560, Claude Code 479, Cursor 99, Google Antigravity 29, OpenCode 28, GitHub Copilot 10, Pi 9, Devin 7, Factory 6, Amp 5, Kiro 3 | Quota drains because of fan-out the user can't easily see: spawned subagents, forked agents, reviewer models, parallel threads or orchestration that run expensive models; heavy use of a single session is out. |
| Quota spent on retries, loops and no output | 1145 | 1249 | OpenAI Codex 606, Claude Code 294, Google Antigravity 98, OpenCode 53, Cursor 50, GitHub Copilot 14, Amp 6, Cline 5, Devin 5, Factory 4, Pi 4, Kiro 3, Warp 2, Zed 1 | Quota goes on capacity retries, recovering from tool or console failures, polling, unneeded scripts or files, or scanning unrelated files, and the run finishes with little or no useful result; runs that cost a lot but produced the requested work are out. |
| Context size and extras inflate per-turn cost | 695 | 749 | Claude Code 236, OpenAI Codex 227, Cursor 85, OpenCode 55, Google Antigravity 30, GitHub Copilot 18, Pi 11, Kiro 9, Devin 7, Cline 6, Amp 5, Factory 3, Conductor 1, Warp 1, Zed 1 | Spend goes up because of large or default 1M contexts, enabled plugins and apps, cloud credits being used first, or background integrations calling the agent; cost from the model choice or effort level alone is out. |
| Other | 1686 | 1779 | OpenAI Codex 824, Claude Code 451, Cursor 119, OpenCode 98, Google Antigravity 91, GitHub Copilot 23, Devin 23, Kiro 15, Pi 12, Factory 9, Amp 6, Cline 6, Augment Code 3, Warp 2, Zed 2, Conductor 1, Grok Build 1 | Complaints that fit none of the modes above. |

#### Flagship model exhausts plan within minutes

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-18, r/codex (Reddit): “today i came back to gpt after trying claude for some months... first hour using it i thought exactly that. drop from 100% to 38% (5h) and 90% (weekly) in one coding task that took 15 minutes. what is going on?” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x96a0v/burning_through_usage_fast/phjuref/)
- OpenCode, 2026-10-18, r/opencode (Reddit): “nah. also added my good $10 for pay-as-you-go, but haiku and argon ate it quickly.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1x8vxul/so_do_we_get_a_free_reset_for_opencode/phg7oud/)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-18, r/codex (Reddit): “bit different for me :/ still draining like crazy with the new reset.. usually i get by for a week with astra. after the reset today i switched to sol and blew half of my usage.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x8cott/am_i_going_crazy/phg11zd/)

#### Same workload suddenly drains faster than before

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-18, r/codex (Reddit): “this sub is full of similar messages. i use almost exclusively sol 6.1 medium and the usage has tanked. i am even considering moving to deepseek v4.1 flash 1017, which looks similar level.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x96a0v/burning_through_usage_fast/phitz5z/)

#### New model version burns more than predecessor

- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-17, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “yesterday i tried to use argon 4 on mobile app with pro plan. for example if 3.1pro used about 3% of 5hours usages for every response, argon used about 20-25%. i think this value is fixed, but i don't look exact value.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x7bkfx/finally_its_here_but/phaqp5j/)
- Cursor, 2026-10-16, r/cursor (Reddit): “4.7 eats tokens. i like 4.6 better personally and will only use 4.7 high for complex planning” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1x7d6j4/cursors_days_are_gone_pro_lasts_5_days_super/ph6a304/)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-16, r/codex (Reddit): “yeah. have had opus 5.5 high running on /goal for 4 days straight on the $100 plan, and i’m just now approaching my limit. astra high burns my limit in 1-2 days.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x7fyi0/claude_pro_gives_10x_more_usage_than_gpt_plus_now/ph45cbk/)

#### Trivial prompt consumes large share of limit

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-18, r/codex (Reddit): “i sent a continue message for it to carry on the last unfinished task and before i was even able to check back in. normally my tasks would be 50 minutes to 3 hours and never really go over 50% usage. it was all gone.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x98noc/possible_culprit_of_recent_usage_drains/phjxf91/)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-18, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “obviously something is wrong just look on google tons of ppl havevthis problem i ask a question in a new sessuon and boom one percent used for weekly” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x93zzl/maxxing_out_usage/phjiwog/)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-18, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “i used it for the first time yesterday. i got it to have a look at a zip and then a md file of a little floorplan tool i'm making and suggest some improvements. it was about 5 minutes worth of work honestly 74% session used up lmao. so fuck all.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x93d48/is_gemini_4_argon_available_on_agy_with_the_74/phixbft/)

#### Low effort setting fails to save quota

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-18, r/codex (Reddit): “i already burned 50% in an hour two agents on sol light…no bueno, $200 plan” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x8o5oj/do_not_trust_61_sol_right_now/phetz2c/)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-17, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “one simple prompt, for a very simple task, consumed 90% of the weekly tokens. and that was using low effort.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x7qnlw/were_cooked/ph7oc68/)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-17, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@shakhzod1001 yes! i am porting tekken 3 to sega saturn and even on sol 6.1 medium my quota is draining enough to run few round on codex cli, very disappointing ([link])” [source](https://twitter.com/1890076530770075648/status/2111503138762973234)

#### Subagents and parallel sessions multiply hidden spend

- Claude Code, 2026-10-18, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “i've never burned 50% of my 5x in one day before during normal use. it's really easy to do if i enable workflows but workflows is disabled. i'm thinking this has to do with the new sub-sessions (nested sessions) they added.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x9au2z/tokens_burning_fast/phjsedm/)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-18, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “whenever i use team work my 5h limit just vanishes in an hour” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x8c6ro/adding_these_three_at_the_end_of_any_prompt_my/phff3lc/)
- Devin, 2026-10-17, @cognition (X): “@dabit3 @cognition devin cloud with macos is my go to alternative when for remote building. however, i noticed that for every minutes that the vm is live, it consumes much tokens, and more tokens consumption when it triggered child sessions when the more vm are being used.” [source](https://twitter.com/1994170271201415170/status/2111269191613641012)

#### Quota spent on retries, loops and no output

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-18, r/codex (Reddit): “my "screenshot tool" froze and drained all my 5h usage in 40 minutes” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x96a0v/burning_through_usage_fast/phixa2g/)
- Cursor, 2026-10-18, @cursor_ai (X): “got my second @cursor_ai ultra sub today. attempting to connect my origin-native repo directly to @firebase app connect, burned my entire 30 days ultra sub in 3. using 6.1 @openai to build full pr process, by chaining automations with web hooks. @build refreshes in 4 days. 👍👍” [source](https://twitter.com/1888014285579894786/status/2111657461094518986)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-17, @antigravity (X): “@antigravity weekly quota means blowing through seven days of tokens before lunch on one stubborn race condition” [source](https://twitter.com/971433793444708353/status/2111350206734491959)

#### Context size and extras inflate per-turn cost

- Claude Code, 2026-10-17, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “yeah exactly, and the skill made it worse in this case. 5 calls instead of 1, and each one re-read the prompt plus the skill's own instructions. so it wrote less but read way more” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x8ku98/does_an_answer_with_html_skill_actually_save/phdwxz2/)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-17, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “try something else. superpowers is still great only if you have funds to spare. it eats... a lot of tokens.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x7vyps/is_superpowers_skills_still_useful/ph7p2lf/)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-16, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “i have turned off browser settings and removed all mcp, skill and plugins. its literally,just naked claude that spends 75k starting a session. i start a new session and type hi, 90k gone” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x705pb/i_have_removed_all_skills_connectors_plugins/ph2atfv/)

#### Other

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-18, r/codex (Reddit): “weird, because task for task today, 6 astra ate 20% of my usage compared to 8% on 6.1 both on ultra.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x8o5oj/do_not_trust_61_sol_right_now/phepa1k/)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-18, @ClaudeDevs (X): “is it just me or does the usage drain like crazy with the new projects on @claudeai code @claudedevs. using opus 5.5 on medium” [source](https://twitter.com/1871868223/status/2111780782511431873)

## Top requests

What users ask to add or change, most asked first. 675 user-weeks ask for something. Requests do not change the Feedback Score. Rule: A separate pass by a large language model reads every counted post and extracts what the user asks the agent or its vendor to add or change, with the criteria it maps to and a short normalised wording; it does not touch the labels or the Feedback Score. A large language model groups the wordings within each criterion (the first criterion the request maps to) into themes, and a second pass merges themes that ask for the same change under different criteria; a merged theme sits under the criterion most of its requests map to, and code counts it once. A theme counts distinct user-weeks that ask for it, per agent; across agents, one user-week per agent. Themes asked in fewer than 2 user-weeks, and requests that share no theme, are not shown. Examples: up to 3 posts per theme from different users, without slurs: whole posts of 60 to 450 characters with at least 8 words beyond handles and links, posts of at most 280 characters first, then the newest.

| Rank | Request | User-weeks | Posts | Agents (user-weeks) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lower overall quota burn per prompt and task | 116 | 121 | OpenAI Codex 52, Claude Code 34, Google Antigravity 17, Cursor 5, OpenCode 4, Devin 2, Cline 1, Kiro 1 |
| 2 | Lower subagent token overhead | 58 | 60 | Claude Code 28, OpenAI Codex 23, Cursor 3, Google Antigravity 2, Pi 2 |
| 3 | Fix sudden excessive usage drain bugs | 48 | 49 | OpenAI Codex 20, Claude Code 11, Cursor 7, Google Antigravity 4, Conductor 1, GitHub Copilot 1, Devin 1, Factory 1, Kiro 1, Pi 1 |
| 4 | Lower quota cost for simple tasks | 44 | 46 | OpenAI Codex 28, Google Antigravity 6, Claude Code 6, Cursor 4 |
| 5 | Slow mode for more usage | 42 | 46 | OpenAI Codex 32, Claude Code 7, Cursor 2, GitHub Copilot 1 |
| 6 | New model versions should not use more quota | 36 | 37 | Claude Code 16, OpenAI Codex 15, Google Antigravity 5 |
| 7 | Lower quota cost of specific named models | 34 | 34 | OpenAI Codex 18, Google Antigravity 7, Kiro 3, Claude Code 2, OpenCode 2, GitHub Copilot 1, Cursor 1 |
| 8 | Proportionate quota cost across reasoning effort levels | 30 | 30 | OpenAI Codex 17, Claude Code 9, Google Antigravity 4 |
| 9 | Lower quota burn of top-tier models | 28 | 29 | Google Antigravity 8, Claude Code 8, OpenAI Codex 8, Cursor 3, OpenCode 1 |
| 10 | More token-efficient agent harness | 27 | 28 | Claude Code 10, OpenAI Codex 5, Cursor 4, OpenCode 3, Google Antigravity 2, Kiro 2, Cline 1 |
| 11 | Stop wasteful background polling | 22 | 23 | OpenAI Codex 17, Google Antigravity 2, Claude Code 2, Amp 1 |
| 12 | Higher usage limits for heavy models | 18 | 19 | OpenAI Codex 6, Google Antigravity 4, Claude Code 3, Devin 2, OpenCode 2, Cursor 1 |

### 1. Lower overall quota burn per prompt and task

- Devin, 2026-10-18, @cognition (X): “@cognition devin is the best coding agent by a mile if only we had a better way to manage the token usage and last the weekly budget on 200$ more than 2 days.” [source](https://twitter.com/2111482510710636544/status/2111686437502685602)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-16, @antigravity (X): “@antigravity fix the goddamn usage limit first, even flash on low is eating usage like hell, a complex prompt literally eating upto 5-8%.” [source](https://twitter.com/1377638196528304133/status/2110923290856538365)
- Cline, 2026-10-15, @cline (X): “@officiallogank @cline it’s being consumed way too fast! i’m almost afraid to use it anymore—just two questions and the balance is nearly gone! users are asking: is there any way to fix or improve this?” [source](https://twitter.com/1149911490088054784/status/2110653359590133965)

### 2. Lower subagent token overhead

- Claude Code, 2026-10-15, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@addyosmani @joshua_wd @claudedevs as a start 🧵: - projects. using a main thread with sub-agents is just too token consuming, and i don’t want to be fiddling around with subagents configs for compaction and context.” [source](https://twitter.com/2515913323/status/2110709250548773072)
- Pi, 2026-10-11, r/PiCodingAgent (Reddit): “love the idea of minimizing token bloat. will give it a try as i am looking for a solution for subagents that works well with local model with limited context window. a lot of popular pi extensions are too bloated and did not work for me.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/PiCodingAgent/comments/1x3b00i/pimultiagentskill_minimalist_subagents_approach/pf9m13n/)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-11, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “ate through my 5 hour limit in minutes cause claude decided to spawn 8 sub agents in parallel and told each one to read my entire second brain front to back. was like 19m tokens in total while i took a piss.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x2h2u4/opus_55_spawned_17_subagents/pf5g8sa/)

### 3. Fix sudden excessive usage drain bugs

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-18, r/codex (Reddit): “another reset is fine for pro accounts, but on plus we also need this bug fixed asap because it burns through 5 hour limit in one message sometimes and we can't do anything.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x96a0v/burning_through_usage_fast/phkbrbq/)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-17, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs but your tokens burns faster now using 20x burned out my 20x on 2 days, before i was able to use my 20x for 7days. please resolve this” [source](https://twitter.com/1476604466149404680/status/2111596233177350253)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-16, @antigravity (X): “@antigravity my brothers in christ i have burned up 95% of my weekly usage in ~2 hours. please do something about this.” [source](https://twitter.com/1703678095/status/2111116651483557961)

### 4. Lower quota cost for simple tasks

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-07, r/codex (Reddit): “facing similar issue , just for simple task luna 6 drank up my limits like just adding another component used 20% of my 5 hour limit in 5 minutes wtf” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wzssed/mcps_using_up_a_lot_more_usage_than_normal_on_gpt/peefwmv/)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-06, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “i used it to catch all the faked testing flash just loves to do. burned through usage in about an hour of what i consider light use on a 20x plan. i can't wait for 4 to come out ffs.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1wwfcav/google_finally_added_opus_55_and_sonnet_55_on/peaq4rs/)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-04, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “a code review prompt asking for 3 recommendations for improvements for a simple web app used up 50% of the 5 hour limit and 25% of the weekly limit.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1wx3vxk/hows_the_opus_55_high_usage_on_ai_pro/pdqcr47/)

### 5. Slow mode for more usage

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-13, r/codex (Reddit): “i would not mind a slower mode. i have some things swirling in the background so those can take time. 50% less consumption but slower speed would still net me in the long term.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x4p9tx/tobo_said_extra_usage/pgfx4c4/)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-12, r/codex (Reddit): “they should just allow an opt in slow mode. 2x usage for 1/2 speed. i'd use it” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x3nzj3/we_all_are_tibo/pfdbui4/)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-11, r/codex (Reddit): “they need to give 4x option or reduced credit cost for off-peak usage. they are modeling peak bandwidth compute delivery and the smoothest solution is to promote off-peak to shift compute demand across the full 24 hour window.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x303a0/what_are_they_planning_for_us/pfawhs1/)

### 6. New model versions should not use more quota

- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-11, r/GoogleAntigravityIDE (Reddit): “dude compared to old models new ones take more tokens comparatively mine token got somehow exhausted for full month” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GoogleAntigravityIDE/comments/1x34h9c/google_pro_users_from_jio_subscription_any_other/pf8kfqa/)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-05, r/GoogleAntigravityIDE (Reddit): “the transition from 3.7 to 3.8 for the rate limit has huge differences ! 3.8 rates are too low and quickly caped !! i find myself going back to 3.7 frequently because it doesn’t consume token much” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GoogleAntigravityIDE/comments/1wy4cgu/are_google_ai_pro_rate_limits_enough_for/pe223k8/)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-09-30, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@thsottiaux fix voice calls, please organize the codex app.. it's a mess right now. have dot be our orchestrator but spawn side chats so we can keep roles in those chats :c don't touch 6.1 sol usage for the love of god” [source](https://twitter.com/57659988/status/2105349966231421046)

### 7. Lower quota cost of specific named models

- Kiro, 2026-10-17, @kirodotdev (X): “@kirodotdev with 2.4 ?! why !!!!! who use this? :d)))))))))” [source](https://twitter.com/2063668016995336193/status/2111395644296376438)
- Kiro, 2026-10-16, @kirodotdev (X): “@kirodotdev damn 2.4? gesh. why? no way i would use this over opus 5.5” [source](https://twitter.com/1873553620379025408/status/2111224333448405219)
- Kiro, 2026-10-16, @kirodotdev (X): “@kirodotdev bruh, at 2.4x multiplier 💀 while opus 5.5 is available at 2x multiplier” [source](https://twitter.com/1543880323749990400/status/2111168619359150382)

### 8. Proportionate quota cost across reasoning effort levels

- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-15, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “this is completely true and it is not worth it if i use medium level and my weekly limit is below 50% and it just reseted yesterday [link] they seriously need to fix this” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x6gz05/unacceptable_ai_pro_downgrade_antigravity_cli/pgvgq3j/)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-05, r/codex (Reddit): “that’s cool, i’ve had fable on ultra going all night on 3 projects and only used 40% of my weekly usage on the $200 plan. on my $200 plan astra on xhigh would have used all my weekly by morning. openai needs to do better.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wyehd5/day_1_tibo/pe23l4j/)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-04, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “i'm using low and medium but my weekly usage is still getting consumed very rapidly even though i don't use any skill and use fixed prompts. the context window gets quite big too within minutes. any optimizations tips are appreciated.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1wxgdol/what_effort_are_you_running_opus_55/pdt5ymz/)

### 9. Lower quota burn of top-tier models

- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-16, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “yea id rather be able to use it without tanking my entire usage and then just having to wait for it to come back up” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x7bkfx/finally_its_here_but/ph4evp4/)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-11, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “i agree. i tried haiku 5.5 xhigh to replace opus 5.5 medium but haiku is unsable (it does not follow instructions). opus eats the usage immediately. i am in max 5x. i was in 20x and i don't think it is a lot better.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x2xak4/very_fast_drain_of_usage_compared_to_last_weeks/pf6buq5/)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-10, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “i’ve been using sonnet to test and holy shit zero diff between opus and i have 10 going at once and was only at 30% of my week. opus over night added 30% usage to my total.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x2j3w6/weekly_limit_cut_in_half/pf2tuoh/)

### 10. More token-efficient agent harness

- Claude Code, 2026-10-17, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs i cant wait for claude to discover diffs. "hey guys, maybe we dont have to send the whole conversation at every iteration", we can send what changed"” [source](https://twitter.com/1858686241363161088/status/2111439281755406595)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-17, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs speed compounds in agentic loops — 3x matters. but faster plumbing doesn't fix the deeper waste: every turn still ships the whole conversation. real win is only sending diffs. that's the harness thesis behind [link].” [source](https://twitter.com/71419057/status/2111428765754552479)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-08, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “haiku 5.5 is the cheap model. this is a discussion about the bloated system prompt loading a lot of unnecessary tools. if you don't comprehend the topic of conversation then perhaps you should fanboi somewhere else.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x0fli2/claude_code_66k_system_prompt/pekc5k0/)

### 11. Stop wasteful background polling

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-02, r/codex (Reddit): “up to 28 now… still abysmal. i say shut off dots and give us our compute power back.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wvi37e/for_now_gpt_61_sol_is_an_absolute_gem/pdcwqly/)
- Amp, 2026-09-30, @AmpCode (X): “@mxstbr @ampcode any chance of supporting this? would love for this to stop the token burn / context filling when waiting for ci to finish” [source](https://twitter.com/583047714/status/2105349514894737581)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-09-29, r/codex (Reddit): “crazy work. at 50% api prices thats near a 75% decrease in usage for the plans. unless they drastically decrease api prices this is awful especially since they havn't fixed the stupid usage drain from pointless polling of subagents” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wt2y1g/200_pro_plan_returning_at_less_than_20x_tibo/pcqsp7w/)

### 12. Higher usage limits for heavy models

- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-16, @antigravity (X): “@antigravity ok, now increase the limits. i tested a code of 200 lines and it consumed 32% of my quota. ridiculous. even flash had its quota reduced.” [source](https://twitter.com/456660458/status/2111034257090969628)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-04, @antigravity (X): “the opus 5.5 (medium) quota in @antigravity exhausted in like 2 minutes... wish we could get more [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/138798236/status/2106820890017288598)
- Devin, 2026-10-04, @cognition (X): “between vibe and code i chose chaos @devindevelopers @devinai @cognition pls make sure your unlimited swe 2 until october 18 has enough compute for me. it's an amazing model at backend. already 3 days task btw, still running [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1825243355501973504/status/2106624311813410934)

## Every agent

| Agent | Overall rank | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Pi](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/pi.md) | 4 | 1st of 12 | 0.639 | 0.604–0.668 | 118 | 66 | 52 |
| [Devin](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/devin.md) | 2 | 2nd of 12 | 0.570 | 0.535–0.607 | 134 | 44 | 90 |
| [Factory](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/factory.md) | 6 | 3rd of 12 | 0.552 | 0.518–0.585 | 41 | 16 | 25 |
| [GitHub Copilot](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/copilot.md) | 9 | 4th of 12 | 0.551 | 0.512–0.586 | 163 | 42 | 121 |
| [Claude Code](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/claude-code.md) | 1 | 5th of 12 | 0.548 | 0.524–0.570 | 3660 | 708 | 2952 |
| [Amp](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/amp.md) | 5 | 6th of 12 | 0.503 | 0.482–0.527 | 37 | 7 | 30 |
| [OpenCode](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/opencode.md) | 3 | 7th of 12 | 0.491 | 0.455–0.523 | 519 | 95 | 424 |
| [Cline](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/cline.md) | 11 | 8th of 12 | 0.487 | 0.471–0.504 | 30 | 3 | 27 |
| [OpenAI Codex](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/codex.md) | 10 | 9th of 12 | 0.482 | 0.462–0.507 | 6763 | 1129 | 5634 |
| [Kiro](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/kiro.md) | 13 | 10th of 12 | 0.478 | 0.457–0.499 | 59 | 6 | 53 |
| [Cursor](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/cursor.md) | 7 | 11th of 12 | 0.429 | 0.392–0.463 | 776 | 99 | 677 |
| [Google Antigravity](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/antigravity.md) | 14 | 12th of 12 | 0.368 | 0.329–0.402 | 861 | 91 | 770 |
| [Warp](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/warp.md) | 15 | Too few posts | – | – | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| [Zed](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/zed.md) | 8 | Too few posts | – | – | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| [Augment Code](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/augment.md) | 17 | Too few posts | – | – | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| [Conductor](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/conductor.md) | 12 | Too few posts | – | – | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| [Grok Build](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/grok-build.md) | 16 | Too few posts | – | – | 3 | 2 | 1 |

## Posts

Receipts rule: Up to 5 praise and 5 complaint posts per area and 3 per criterion. Each is a whole post of 60 to 450 characters (700 for areas) with at least 8 words beyond handles and links, that judges the criterion, whose labels are all praise or all complaint, and that contains no slur. Posts that touch the fewest criteria come first, then posts of at most 280 characters, then the newest. A second large language model reads the first 3 candidates per slot and keeps a post only if it clearly praises, or clearly complains about, the agent on that criterion. Links and personal details removed by the source show as marks such as [link].

### Pi

- Praise, 2026-10-06, @pidotdev (X): “@pidotdev @earendilworks solved this with codemode: one js script instead of n tool calls. i liked it so much i brought it to claude code — v0.1.0 is out. measured: a 5-file read task went 7→2 turns, ~40% cheaper. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/109918616/status/2107601581466321182)
- Praise, 2026-10-05, @pidotdev (X): “. @pidotdev ‘s new codemode with 6.1sol is a huge token saver .” [source](https://twitter.com/1766781068584382464/status/2107137239910400313)
- Praise, 2026-10-02, @pidotdev (X): “@mattlam_ @coding_jam @pidotdev i actually noticed it still being very token efficient but that's annecdotal. hate going back to any other harness except pi now.” [source](https://twitter.com/83319254/status/2106149547340681382)
- Complaint, 2026-10-03, @pidotdev (X): “@albertgao @ivanfioravanti @pidotdev last time i tried with sub2api, token usage was crazy! and i switched to claude code” [source](https://twitter.com/2039257343142117376/status/2106386801896394809)

### Devin

- Praise, 2026-10-17, @cognition (X): “@scarletkc @cognition the usage of opus is very low, it finished in an instant 😵” [source](https://twitter.com/1946041006463516672/status/2111389323606040698)
- Praise, 2026-10-17, @cognition (X): “@gaur114515 @devinai @cognition @devindevelopers i just run it... just use swe high with opus 5.5 it burns so slow unless you run 3-4 tasks at a timr” [source](https://twitter.com/1825243355501973504/status/2111505396619674037)
- Praise, 2026-10-17, @DevinAI (X): “@anurag_barl @devinai i feel you man but hey! the swe2 promo is going until the end of this month and 75% discount is also there for gemini 4 argon. and gpt 6.1 sol is pretty nice and efficent in devin too!” [source](https://twitter.com/1810175539053006848/status/2111597720670793936)
- Complaint, 2026-10-17, @cognition (X): “@dabit3 @cognition devin cloud with macos is my go to alternative when for remote building. however, i noticed that for every minutes that the vm is live, it consumes much tokens, and more tokens consumption when it triggered child sessions when the more vm are being used.” [source](https://twitter.com/1994170271201415170/status/2111269191613641012)
- Complaint, 2026-10-06, @cognition (X): “@cognition @cognition because if i use fusion with sol 6.1 + swe 2 while my gpt account is connected, it consumes my devin quota; please fix this error, as it is not supposed to deduct from my devin quota in this scenario.” [source](https://twitter.com/217162510/status/2107482230348034151)
- Complaint, 2026-09-30, r/windsurf (Reddit): “by the way depending on what model you pick in wind surf you can burn up a week’s tokens in an hour or less. run free models and you can keep building but augment that with unsloth studio if you can.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/windsurf/comments/1wts7vu/reached_free_model_rate_limit_upgrade_to_max_for/pcy64fy/)

### Factory

- Praise, 2026-10-17, @droid (X): “verdict so far: deepseek v4.1 flash 1017 fantastic token efficiency (30% better) . as byok ds api on @droid of course. @deepseek_ai” [source](https://twitter.com/1590702228234391552/status/2111425282427203690)
- Praise, 2026-10-17, @droid (X): “verdict so far: deepseek v4.1 flash 1017 fantastic token efficiency (30% better) . as byok ds api on @droid of course. @deepseek_ai (we are off peak now - weekend)” [source](https://twitter.com/1590702228234391552/status/2111425390979997751)
- Praise, 2026-10-16, @FactoryAI (X): “gemini 4 argo on half price of opus 5.5 its gold! @droid @factoryai [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/144564973/status/2111227174610964730)
- Complaint, 2026-10-11, @FactoryAI (X): “@thecoderbtw @droid @factoryai i spent my monthly max limit in two weeks. 😭 factory is good if you use the "under 1x" models, but if you go with a frontier model it's over.” [source](https://twitter.com/23220904/status/2109320125509931235)
- Complaint, 2026-10-10, @FactoryAI (X): “@prathamdby @factoryai @droid opus 5.5 seems to burn my usage a lot… i’m on the $20 plan though. any tips for optimizing my usage? i mostly use opus for design work since i use my codex sub in droid through byok” [source](https://twitter.com/1696886920742055937/status/2109009086532718734)
- Complaint, 2026-10-09, @FactoryAI (X): “@marktwainbnrq @filedfyi @droid @factoryai mostly no. tasks ended up costing more than the token rates suggested, because deepseek burned its cheaper pricing on verbosity. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1921198173110104066/status/2108525987730481288)

### GitHub Copilot

- Praise, 2026-10-15, r/GithubCopilot (Reddit): “yes, gpt 6 luna seems promising to use less credits for useful output for general tasks like this” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1x6dl94/what_is_your_honest_opinion_on_this_gh_copilot/pguo1ue/)
- Praise, 2026-10-15, r/GithubCopilot (Reddit): “there is no other option. luna is the only choice in terms of both cost and token consumption.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1x6iwuq/please_add_an_option_to_disable_gpt53codex/pgw6we1/)
- Praise, 2026-10-10, r/GithubCopilot (Reddit): “use gpt-6 luna. it sometimes reports costs as 0. it’s cheap as hell.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1x2p2k2/200_ai_credits_for_students_how_are_we_supposed/pf44sk0/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-15, r/GithubCopilot (Reddit): “i’ve burned my 1500 tokens fron pro in what, 30 minutes? 😂 it was using claude to do super simple front end tasks. insane.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1x6dl94/what_is_your_honest_opinion_on_this_gh_copilot/pgugxe8/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-15, r/GithubCopilot (Reddit): “even i have gone through this. as i was near to monthly credit reset, i used claude sonnet to generate a roadmap and used gpt terra for reviewing which consumed the whole month credit 😅” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1x6dl94/what_is_your_honest_opinion_on_this_gh_copilot/pguoarq/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-08, r/GithubCopilot (Reddit): “just sub to my first ai agent, tried opus 5.5 and its burning my token. what is the best ai model to use?” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1x0vuua/need_help_for_ai_model/)

### Claude Code

- Praise, 2026-10-17, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “you can now run ultracode at any effort level. i use it on high effort and get a week of nearly continuous usage. i use it to build software and perform research tasks.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x7v5cb/opus_55_ultracode_effort_worth_it_or_my_max5x/ph80up6/)
- Praise, 2026-10-16, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “"i want to have claude agents run main agent, deploy subagents" you can, just ask. i usually ask claude code to deploy haiku subagents, because it saves massively on tokens, and haiku 5.5 is actually somewhat worth a damn now.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x7kmhh/multiple_accounts/ph50r0x/)
- Praise, 2026-10-16, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “thank you for this i just watched and my usage is actually better now! sonnets is the workers, opus is the boss!!!!!!!” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x7ifnd/i_went_from_exhausting_claude_codes_weekly_limits/ph671fx/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “obviously something is wrong just look on google tons of ppl havevthis problem i ask a question in a new sessuon and boom one percent used for weekly” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x93zzl/maxxing_out_usage/phjiwog/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “i've never burned 50% of my 5x in one day before during normal use. it's really easy to do if i enable workflows but workflows is disabled. i'm thinking this has to do with the new sub-sessions (nested sessions) they added.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x9au2z/tokens_burning_fast/phjsedm/)

### Amp

- Praise, 2026-09-14, @AmpCode (X): “i am convinced that for some reason the chatgpt desktop app chews tokens because i've been rolling @ampcode all afternoon with sol/astra and have only used like 4% from 50% starting. something is sussy but i guess this is why i prefer using ampcode more and more everyday.” [source](https://twitter.com/22610703/status/2099432538146254876)
- Praise, 2026-09-14, @AmpCode (X): “sol consumes more than astra according to their benchmarks. astra orchestrating luna xhigh is the most you can squeeze out of the sub. usage of the sub through @ampcode goes almost as long but way higher quality than luna, they have some secret sauce. astra medium is the third best for out of the box task completed vs sub consumed.” [source](https://twitter.com/4186365072/status/2099541807998603771)
- Complaint, 2026-09-28, @AmpCode (X): “@ampcode any clue what could have caused this orb to run 24h daily for a few days? i also didn't see it because i normally never have to think about it. the single thread used all of my megawatt + workspace credits and i only noticed now that i'm out of usage. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/583047714/status/2104633017012470028)
- Complaint, 2026-09-27, @AmpCode (X): “@ampcode @sqs @thorstenball the cheaper model thing is real for me. flash model on a refactor did 4 extra tool loops fixing its own edit and the bill went up. do the orbs evals show that or just latency?” [source](https://twitter.com/1835841692852682752/status/2104230660105781726)

### OpenCode

- Praise, 2026-10-16, @opencode (X): “@opencode bonus: tesla p100 (2016, passive cooling) does 55 tok/s on the 9b ptq1_0 vs 27 for qwen q4. hermes also passed but needed 64k ctx and 42 tool calls, opencode was way more efficient on this one” [source](https://twitter.com/2915200240/status/2111106307302560008)
- Praise, 2026-10-06, @opencode (X): “pointed @opencode’s go + @deepseek_ai v4.1 at my disk cleanup and recovered 30+ gb. barely moved my usage. basically free. 😮💨 [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1729512787955589120/status/2107530148853744091)
- Praise, 2026-10-02, r/opencode (Reddit): “if you just use dsf 4.1, opencode lasts longer than 20 sub using luna low.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1wvkbm2/is_opencode_go_worth_it_now/pdef32s/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, r/opencode (Reddit): “nah. also added my good $10 for pay-as-you-go, but haiku and argon ate it quickly.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1x8vxul/so_do_we_get_a_free_reset_for_opencode/phg7oud/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-17, r/codex (Reddit): “noticed that too that it made me think something is going on, i literally was using sol on opencode to plan things out and i get plenty usage left after that, today mid plan (no write only read mode) , my 5h usage ended in a 5 min, 6.1 sol model” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x86pme/plus_sol_burns_tokens_as_fast_as_astra_now/phc2njj/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-14, @opencode (X): “@plotarmordev @opencode 1.5 at most if you use thinking level low. if you use thinking level high, then the limits run out faster than its completion” [source](https://twitter.com/1816480692018266112/status/2110393163286298858)

### Cline

- Complaint, 2026-10-15, @cline (X): “@officiallogank @cline it’s being consumed way too fast! i’m almost afraid to use it anymore—just two questions and the balance is nearly gone! users are asking: is there any way to fix or improve this?” [source](https://twitter.com/1149911490088054784/status/2110653359590133965)
- Complaint, 2026-10-10, r/CLine (Reddit): “for now the experience is not good; dsh eats my credits extremely fast! in 7min working on a complex task, it used 20% of the 5h credits.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1x0pfqy/cline_vs_deepseek_harness/pf3egyx/)
- Complaint, 2026-09-26, @cline (X): “@iamdavidhill space bunny seems to hog up a lot of tokens, i was making a little side prjoect cli dev tool with it and it hogged up 1+ billion tokens overnight. on @cline cloud” [source](https://twitter.com/834280176313835520/status/2103916234161242207)

### OpenAI Codex

- Praise, 2026-10-17, r/codex (Reddit): “today the usage was less aggressive, for a full day using dot +astra +sol-6.1 the usage was down only 13%” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x7vvhy/codex_caching_improved/ph7p996/)
- Praise, 2026-10-17, r/codex (Reddit): “didn’t even use any sub agent on sol 6.1 medium and still usage feel like almost 50% lower” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x7sl7z/codex_usage_since_last_reset/ph887iu/)
- Praise, 2026-10-16, r/codex (Reddit): “i ran a task on 6.1 sol high and it only used 3% of my weekly” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x70i0d/every_reset_simple_reduces_usage_further_and/ph0evz5/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, r/codex (Reddit): “exact same experience, i thought i used astra on accident or something for a moment. 1 prompt telling codex to continue a task it was already working on killed 100 percent before sol 6.1 could even finish.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x8m8ho/not_sure_what_they_did_to_gpt_61_sol_usage/phektuy/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, r/codex (Reddit): “weird, because task for task today, 6 astra ate 20% of my usage compared to 8% on 6.1 both on ultra.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x8o5oj/do_not_trust_61_sol_right_now/phepa1k/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, r/codex (Reddit): “lol im on the $200 plan and 6.1 sol is literally burning like astra im on extra high, yes, but wow im already at 86% since the reset before the reset i could literally have subagents on 6.1 sol and usage barely moved 😭 ugh” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x8m8ho/not_sure_what_they_did_to_gpt_61_sol_usage/phepqub/)

### Kiro

- Praise, 2026-10-11, r/kiroIDE (Reddit): “i just don't use opus ever. i'm on luna for all i need to do for work and it's been fine. i like to have control and review, and so a step at a time and it's quick enough that i'm not waiting around for more than 2-3 min max each time. no issues with eating credits of course.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/kiroIDE/comments/1x31rk1/am_i_using_kiro_wrong_or_does_it_feel_painful_to/pf80dmg/)
- Praise, 2026-08-31, r/kiroIDE (Reddit): “compared to other tools such as copilot, kiro uses up credits relatively slowly (and yes, i mean credits per cost). of course, where possible, you should try to optimise your llm usage a little, avoid unnecessary context, etc., but depending on what you’re doing and which model you’re using, this level of consumption may be normal.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/kiroIDE/comments/1vz8tk7/kiro_is_guzzling_credits_1k_in_two_days/p71rhqd/)
- Praise, 2026-09-28, r/kiroIDE (Reddit): “currently you should stay with opus 5.5 in kiro, it definitely produces the better results and the credit usage is more atractive than gpt models.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/kiroIDE/comments/1wrgezk/when_are_we_getting_new_gpt6_sol_and_luna_models/pcj3tx8/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-10, r/kiroIDE (Reddit): “still sonnet 5.5 uses too many credits i need something less credit intensive” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/kiroIDE/comments/1x2jmre/when_are_we_getting_the_haiku_55/pf2qtyq/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-03, r/kiroIDE (Reddit): “kiro is dogshit in terms of its credit usage, a small task with claude opus set at medium eats 300-400 credits” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/kiroIDE/comments/1wwruh2/is_my_token_usage_normal_comparable/pdn48nz/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-03, r/kiroIDE (Reddit): “yesterday i gave the top openai gpt model init a research task; that mf consumed 1400 credits for that one thing” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/kiroIDE/comments/1wwruh2/is_my_token_usage_normal_comparable/pdp118q/)

### Cursor

- Praise, 2026-10-16, @cursor_ai (X): “@harshit10sehgal @cursor_ai funny, i tested exactly that since. 1,079-line swiftui refactor, both built first try, zero retries: argon ~$0.48, opus $1.13” [source](https://twitter.com/805538448107048961/status/2111146603432091941)
- Praise, 2026-10-14, r/cursor (Reddit): “i use claude $20 plan to write detailed specs, and composer 2.5 to write the code in cursor with fast turned off it is roughly 19x cheaper than grok 4.7 high fast.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1x57zof/comment/pgqi9e2/)
- Praise, 2026-10-10, @cursor_ai (X): “@cursor_ai haiku 5.5 in cursor for shorter requests is a fast, cheap combo, love it! builders can iterate way more when the models stay this lean.” [source](https://twitter.com/1489515986466320392/status/2108952069193211979)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, @cursor_ai (X): “@cursor_ai premium feels way worse than pro. 20% of my usage in two prompts, wtf are you guys doing?” [source](https://twitter.com/2107111057940480000/status/2111620527085572519)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, @cursor_ai (X): “got my second @cursor_ai ultra sub today. attempting to connect my origin-native repo directly to @firebase app connect, burned my entire 30 days ultra sub in 3. using 6.1 @openai to build full pr process, by chaining automations with web hooks. @build refreshes in 4 days. 👍👍” [source](https://twitter.com/1888014285579894786/status/2111657461094518986)
- Complaint, 2026-10-17, @cursor_ai (X): “what the crap @spacex @cursor_ai ? both computer issues than i use up 100 in tokens on one response??” [source](https://twitter.com/1291550259047530496/status/2111448236275765531)

### Google Antigravity

- Praise, 2026-10-18, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “i use 3 plan and i have 75% of my weakly quota. granted its a decent size repo ran it on medium. i used flash high to execute. so it doesnt break the quota. i also use boost and it consume about the same percentage. so i guess its decent.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x8tyj9/how_much_usage_of_argon_is_expected_in_paid_pro/phfrq5q/)
- Praise, 2026-10-17, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “something must've been adjusted i've just had 3 prompts and i'm showing 99% weekly limit left. it also reset overnight back to 100%. immediately after release each query instantly at at least 5%” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x7xc0v/wow_argon_is_finally_a_bit_usable_in_pro_now/ph894ki/)
- Praise, 2026-10-17, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “yes i noticed my simple prompts only take 0,5-1% but heavier like in trying to fix som textures for 3d models eats more but way less than before the reser. i can actually use it now fore more things.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x7xc0v/wow_argon_is_finally_a_bit_usable_in_pro_now/ph8eyzs/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “whenever i use team work my 5h limit just vanishes in an hour” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x8c6ro/adding_these_three_at_the_end_of_any_prompt_my/phff3lc/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “i had some dummy prs to test argon, one of them was to add a drop down menu to filter screen resolutions. it ate 45% of my weekly allocation of quota lmao. it actually stopped since i ran out, i'm assuming it would have taken even more if it ever got to the end.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x8x6nn/dont_worry_too_much_argon_its_genuinely_not_that/phgn112/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “i used it for the first time yesterday. i got it to have a look at a zip and then a md file of a little floorplan tool i'm making and suggest some improvements. it was about 5 minutes worth of work honestly 74% session used up lmao. so fuck all.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x93d48/is_gemini_4_argon_available_on_agy_with_the_74/phixbft/)

### Warp

- Praise, 2026-09-04, @warpdotdev (X): “interesting picked the same 3 models for a project in warp factory and avg pr cost was around 30 to 50 % lower. now half way trough the project and doing a optimization run first before more project work items see if we can get that number lower. so far really happy with the factory preview 👌” [source](https://twitter.com/141649554/status/2095943106507973029)
- Complaint, 2026-09-22, @warpdotdev (X): “ran out of my monthly @warpdotdev credits from a single prompt change to a docker container. maybe the legacy plan i'm on is just useless now?” [source](https://twitter.com/80764812/status/2102534429369303091)
- Complaint, 2026-09-22, @warpdotdev (X): “@jmitch @warpdotdev one prompt change eating the month does make that legacy plan feel useless” [source](https://twitter.com/1549055479875342336/status/2102537760498401692)
- Complaint, 2026-09-11, @warpdotdev (X): “@dharmesh @warpdotdev exactly. these small ux problems need fixing. i had one that another model kept missing, then astra solved it—but it was expensive. better results matter, but so does the cost of getting there.” [source](https://twitter.com/1394401479704854536/status/2098528705609978111)

### Zed

- Praise, 2026-09-07, @zeddotdev (X): “@ikhwanuddin @zeddotdev for a ui reason gemini 3.8 enak buat frontend dan kuotanya abisnya lebih lamaaa hahaha” [source](https://twitter.com/131447449/status/2096959789528138219)

### Augment Code

- Complaint, 2026-09-08, @augmentcode (X): “@augmentcode lol im using kimi 2.7 code and 22mins, it used up 12% of my plans credits. so a $20 sub wont even last 24hours?” [source](https://twitter.com/2002397531226148864/status/2097377115071287410)