More intelligence per dollar.

Your agents have more to do.
Make your compute go further.

You want your agents to build more, but the token spend adds up. Find ways to get more useful work from your AI spend, compare the options for your agent, and connect Standard Compute to the workflow you already use.

• ChatGPT & APIs

  Does ChatGPT Plus include API access? What to buy for your app

  A ChatGPT subscription and API billing are separate. If your script or automation asks for an API key, choose API access for that workflow.
• Claude & APIs

  Does Claude Pro or Max include API access? Subscription vs API billing

  Claude subscriptions and Claude API billing are separate products. Choose the account and authentication route that your actual workflow uses.
• n8n

  n8n with an OpenAI-compatible API: connect a monthly model budget

  Keep your n8n workflow. Connect Standard Compute for model requests, with a fixed monthly API budget and a small manual test before turning on automation.
• Python SDK

  Use an OpenAI-compatible API in Python: base URL, key and first response

  Keep the OpenAI Python client and connect Standard Compute with its base URL, your API key and the standardcompute model ID. The example uses Chat Completions.
• Cline

  Cline pricing: a free extension, paid models

  Cline is free for individual developers; what you pay for is the models it calls. ClinePass costs $9.99 a month for 12 open coding models with unpublished 5-hour, weekly and monthly limits, Cline credits are pay-as-you-go across 100+ models, and your own API key bills at that provider's rates.
• Roo Code

  Roo Code shut down: API pricing for Cline, ZooCode and Kilo Code instead

  Roo Code shut down on May 15, 2026 and its repo is archived. Your provider setup carries over to Cline, ZooCode or Kilo Code, so compare billing and native tool support in the agent you move to.
• Kilo Code

  Kilo Code pricing: platform fees, API credits and BYOK explained

  Kilo separates the coding platform, model inference and cloud compute. Add those parts before comparing a Pass subscription with your own API provider.
• Continue

  Continue API costs: one provider for chat, edits and your terminal

  Continue is no longer maintained (its team joined Cursor and the repo is read-only), so new setups are better served by Cline or Kilo Code. An existing install can still use an OpenAI-compatible provider through apiBase. Choose the model's roles deliberately so chat, edits and autocomplete do not get treated as the same workload.
• Aider

  Aider API costs: get more repository work from your compute

  Aider supports OpenAI-compatible providers with an API base URL and an openai/ model prefix. Your provider account determines the inference charges.
• Pi

  Pi coding agent subscriptions: compare compute value and connect

  Pi's custom model file lets you bring a provider endpoint and API credential. A chat subscription and an API subscription are different products; check what access your plan actually includes.
• Any coding agent

  Will a cheaper LLM gateway hurt coding quality? Test before switching

  Compare code quality, retries and total task cost to find which provider gives your coding agent more useful work for the money.
• Any coding agent

  Monthly AI subscription vs pay per token: get more agent work for your money

  Running agents heavily? Compare provider prices, smart routing and completed work to understand how far each plan takes your compute.