alt Hacker NewsI bought a yearly subscription to kimi when it was the hype and never use it. The 5h limit makes it completely unusable. You barely start doing anything and you hit the limit immediately. I advise everyone against using kimi.
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I had the lowest plan ($20/month I think) and it literally gave me fifteen, maybe twenty minutes tops, using the cheaper K3-256K variant. Basically enough to fill the context about 1.2x and that was it.
It's a really smart model but way too expensive. The same $20 goes 100x further with Claude. I used it for the initial task planning while the plan didn't expire, then handed off to DeepSeek or Minimax.
What's the best bang for the buck ≈$10–20 (per-month/equivalent) subscription for a good enough model these days?
That is surprising. I had a $200 sub when K3 came out and at the time there was no 5h limit, making the subscription really good for running 4-5 big tasks each month.
I’m not saying you’re wrong (I have no experience), but wouldn’t it be useful to test this model out for yourself before passing judgment on it?
same. bought the annual plan, second largest one, in around February to lock in the price. well, what did they do, cut quota by 80% when K2.7 launched and then even further when K3 and K3.1 launched.