skip to content- 2026-10-03
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October 2026 AI Buying Guide: What to Use or Pay For
Choose AI access for your workload: use existing plans, compare Claude or ChatGPT, or budget APIs. Includes a renewal worksheet and a don't-upgrade option.
- 2026-09-14
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GPT-6 Astra: Start Planning Evaluations on Low
Evaluate GPT-6 Astra Low for planning and orchestration, with benchmark regressions, API prices, subscription limits, and accepted-result costs kept distinct.
- 2026-09-14
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September 2026 AI Value: Opus, MiMo, DeepSeek and Luna
September 27 AI value shortlist: Opus 5.5 on Claude Pro, MiMo V2.6, DeepSeek V4.1, GPT-6 Luna, OpenCode Go allowances and when reset clocks start.
- 2026-08-11
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How to Reduce LLM Costs: The Practical Playbook
Stop overpaying for AI: check app vs web prices, cold caches, reset timing, plan limits and retries. A practical cost-saving playbook with a monthly audit.
- 2026-08-01
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DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731: The API Value Frontier
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 pairs a 1M context window and MIT weights with a $0.14/$0.28 direct API, but high token use and hallucinations still require evaluation.
- 2026-08-01
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GPT-5.6 Luna’s July Price Cut: Historical Analysis
Why GPT-5.6 Luna became the July OpenAI value candidate for bounded Codex work and high-volume API tasks, with subscription and API economics kept separate.
- 2026-05-03
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Smart Spend: August 2026 Frontier and Value Stack
August 2026 AI value stack: route defined work to GPT-5.6 Luna, escalate ambiguity to Sol, and evaluate DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 before higher-cost APIs.