July 2026: Anthropic has the best code models. Gap isn’t very big though. They’re slow, expensive, and the “claudeisms” are at an all time high. And your $200 sub is so limited that you can kill it in
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Anthropic has the best code models. Gap isn’t very big though. They’re slow, expensive, and the “claudeisms” are at an all time high. And your $200 sub is so limited that you can kill it in
> Claude model capability/cost/slowness analysis: comprehensive
July 2026: Anthropic has the best code models. Gap isn’t very big though. They’re slow, expensive, and the “claudeisms” are at an all time high. And your $200 sub is so limited that you can kill it in a day.
Preferring OpenAI models made a lot of sense. You lose a slight edge on capability, but they’re faster, cheaper and more pleasant to use. Your $200 sub feels unlimited, and you get resets from Tibo every 3 days on average
September 2026: Anthropic has the best code models. The gap is way bigger now. Opus 5.5 is fast, surprisingly cheap, and the prose is pleasant to read. Your $200 sub su
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