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320 points mfiguiere | 9 comments | 20 May 25 18:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
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submeta ◴[20 May 25 19:58 UTC] No.44045297[source]▶
Google Ultra: USD 250. Claude Pro: 218 EUR ChatGPT Pro: 220 EUR

Not included: Perplexity, Openrouter, Cursor, etc

Wow. You gotta have lots of disposable income.

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1. loudmax ◴[20 May 25 20:08 UTC] No.44045398[source]▶
The target market for these offerings are corporations, or self-employed developers. If these tools really do make your developers more productive, $250 a month is easily justifiable. That's only $3000 per year, a fraction of the cost of a full time developer.

Obviously, the benefit is contingent on whether or not the models actually make your developers more productive.

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2. catigula ◴[20 May 25 20:42 UTC] No.44045716[source]▶
Do any of these companies actually sell their products as developer replacements?
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3. 6510 ◴[20 May 25 20:48 UTC] No.44045776[source]▶
I hear it doesn't have to be productive right now, if you have deep pockets it is worth being familiar with the tools even if it is just in case.
4. mwigdahl ◴[20 May 25 20:50 UTC] No.44045787[source]▶
No, but they do sell them as developer augmentations.
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6. mattfrommars ◴[20 May 25 20:59 UTC] No.44045865[source]▶
$250 a month is still a lot of money in India to spend on a digital product.
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7. kkarakk ◴[20 May 25 21:03 UTC] No.44045908[source]▶
AI has completely eliminated salary adjusted pricing in software. no discounts for 3rd world in anything.
8. ivm ◴[20 May 25 21:14 UTC] No.44045985[source]▶
Yup, I was paying $225/mo for three Unity3D subscriptions (basic+iOS+Android) ten years ago, while earning less than $4k/mo – just considered it part of my self-employed expenses.
9. catigula ◴[20 May 25 23:07 UTC] No.44046815{3}[source]▶
Interesting because that post was comparing the cost directly to a developer salary.