Why I don't spend more than $30 on AI coding tools

Analysis Why I don't spend more than 30$ on AI coding tools I honestly don't understand how one can spend more than 30$ per month for AI coding tools. And stay sane. Timo Grossenbacher Apr 30, 2026 • 3 min read I honestly don't understand how one can spend more than 30$ per month for AI coding tools. And stay sane.I have been using AI for engineering tasks over the last few years, from a more sophisticated autocomplete to fully autonomous agents completing my sluggishly written instructions. I use them for many hours a week.Yet, I hardly spend more than 20-30$ per month on these tools. Why?I think one should make a difference between vibe coding and agentic engineering.For vibe coding I currently use MiniMax M2.7. It costs me 10$ per month and basically runs on near-infinite tokens.

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