Open source models are going to be the future on Cursor, OpenCode etc.

Reddit r/LocalLLaMA / 5/4/2026

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The author says Cursor Enterprise pricing is becoming unsustainably expensive, citing $10 spent with two prompts and $80 spent in a single week on Claude.
They argue that continued high pricing will force users to switch to more cost-effective alternatives.
The proposed solution is to rely on comparable open-source models that the author expects to cost 5x–10x less.
The author believes this shift toward open-source models for Cursor-like workflows could happen by the end of the year.

I just wanted to share my experience. At work we have Cursor with the Enterprise tier. Today I burned 10$ with 2 prompts, one on gpt-5.5 and one on claude-opus-4.6-thinking. Last month I burned 80$ in one week with claude-opus-4.7 even with the 50% off they had with the launch. If they continue with this outrageous pricing (which is necessary since they can't subsidize anymore) the only solution will be to use comparable open-source models that cost 5x-10x less. And I don't think this is very far off in the future, I am talking by the end of this year.

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