Claude Code Cost Concerns

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Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Users are discussing the unexpectedly high cost of using Claude Code, particularly the Opus 4.5 model, and comparing it to alternatives like Codex, while others with higher usage haven't hit limits.

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@lucacslucacs

I’m not joking and this isn’t funny. We have been trying to have a baby since last year. There are various options, not everyone is aligned… I gave Claude Code a description of the problem, it impregnated my wife in an hour.

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@sshro12shro

I burned through $25 credits with Claude Code Opus 4.5 in like an hour Is this normal? Wtf? Was very good though

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@yasser_chYasserC

Weird I spent 45$ in one afternoon mainly on Sonnet in Claude code Admittedly I work in finance so we use private instances via AWS. How do you get that pricing ?