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Practical comparisons and guides for ChatGPT Plus, Claude Pro, Gemini Advanced and other AI subscriptions — what each is good at, what it costs, and cheaper alternatives.
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ChatGPT and Codex Will Share One Usage Limit in December: What Changes and What to Do
From December, ChatGPT chat and Codex draw on one token allowance on Plus, Pro and Business. What changes, what is still unknown, and how to plan.
Upload a Video or Audio File and Ask AI About It: Steps, Limits and Real Cost
Upload a video or recording and ask; no model to pick. A 30-minute recording costs about 24K beans per question, a 10-minute video about 32K.
Mistral Large 4 (Le Chonk): Price, Free Access and How to Run the 1T Open Model
Mistral Large 4 weights are free on Hugging Face, but the 1T model needs 256GB+ to run. API is $0.70/$2.10 per 1M tokens. Every way to try it.
Gemini 4 Carbon vs Claude Opus 5.5 for Coding: Benchmarks, Price and Access
Gemini 4 Carbon launched Oct 28. It tops the overall AI index, but Opus 5.5 still leads agentic coding by 3 points, and Carbon is not public yet.
GPT-6.1 Terra: What's New, Price, and the Best Free Alternative
GPT-6.1 Terra costs $1/$5 per million tokens, nearly matches GPT-6 Astra at a tenth the price, and fixes most factual errors. Where it wins.
Kimi K3.1 Pro: Benchmarks, Price Drop and How to Use It
Kimi K3.1 Pro scores 55 on the Artificial Analysis Index, 3 points behind Claude Opus 5.5, with a 33% API price cut. Benchmarks, pricing and access.
Mercury 3 vs GPT-6 Luna vs Claude Haiku 5.5: Which Fast Model Should You Use?
Inception claims Mercury 3 is 4-8x faster and wins 8 of 12 vendor tests against GPT-6 Luna and Claude Haiku 5.5. Which fast model actually fits your job?
How to Use Cline, Kilo Code and Continue with Bumo Router
Connect Cline, Kilo Code or Continue to Bumo Router with one API key. Copy the base URL, choose a live model ID and check your first request.
Bumo Router vs OpenRouter: Model Coverage, Fees and Payment (2026)
Bumo Router vs OpenRouter on live model lists, pricing and payment, including where DeepSeek, Kimi and GLM are actually available for coding plugins.
DeepInfer: DeepSeek Open-Sources Its V4.1 Flash Inference Engine
DeepInfer is DeepSeek's open-source V4.1 Flash inference engine. What it includes, supported hardware, and when to use hosted chat or an API.
DeepSeek Search API: Pricing, Endpoints and How to Use It
DeepSeek's Search and Fetch APIs cost $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests, free until Nov 1, 2026. Endpoints, query operators and limits.
FLUX 3 Max: 10-Second Video in 12 Seconds, Pricing and How to Use It
FLUX 3 Max renders a 10-second 720p clip in 12.45 seconds at $0.0425/sec until Nov 7. What it costs, how to use it, and where it is available.