What guides does Vibe-coder frontier have?

Answer-first guides computed from the same catalog as the stack builder (dated 2026-09-24): 6 budget guides, 21 plan pages, 30 comparisons and the off-peak guide. Every hour is a p50 with a p10–p90 interval; quality is a cheap / strong / frontier grade; there are no benchmark scores anywhere.

Where do the numbers in these guides come from?

Every number is computed from the site's catalog (dated 2026-09-24) by the same scorer that ranks the stack builder: haircut hours as p50 with p10–p90 intervals, quality as cheap / strong / frontier grades, and no benchmark scores.

Guides: AI coding budgets, plans, comparisons

Budget guides

The #1 stack at each budget, at the site's page defaults.

Best AI coding subscriptions for $50 a month — Claude Pro + GLM Lite + OpenCode Go, $48/mo, 58 h/week building p50
Best AI coding subscriptions for $100 a month — Claude Pro + GLM Pro + Antigravity Individual, $100/mo, 83 h/week building p50
Best AI coding subscriptions for $150 a month — Claude Pro + GLM Pro + MiniMax Max, $150/mo, 108 h/week building p50
Best AI coding subscriptions for $200 a month — Claude Max 5× + Codex Plus + GLM Pro, $200/mo, 124 h/week building p50
Best AI coding subscriptions for $250 a month — Claude Max 5× + Codex Plus + GLM Pro + MiniMax Max, $250/mo, 154 h/week building p50
Best AI coding subscriptions for $300 a month — Claude Max 20× + Codex Plus + GLM Pro, $300/mo, 154 h/week building p50

Plan pages

One page per plan in the catalog, paused ones included.

Claude Pro — $20/mo · 18 h/week building p50 peak
Claude Max 5× — $100/mo · 60 h/week building p50 peak
Claude Max 20× — $200/mo · 90 h/week building p50 peak
Codex Plus — $20/mo · 4 h/week building p50 peak
Codex Pro 5× — $100/mo · 16 h/week building p50 peak
Codex Pro 20× — $200/mo · 22 h/week building p50 peak · paused for new signups
GLM Lite — $18/mo · 13 h/week building p50 peak
GLM Pro — $80/mo · 40 h/week building p50 peak
GLM Max — $168/mo · 45 h/week building p50 peak
MiniMax Ultra — $120/mo · 36 h/week building p50 peak
MiniMax Plus — $20/mo · 10 h/week building p50 peak
MiniMax Max — $50/mo · 30 h/week building p50 peak
OpenCode Go — $10/mo · 20 h/week building p50 peak
SuperGrok + Build — $30/mo · 8 h/week building p50 peak
SuperGrok Plus + Build — $100/mo · 24 h/week building p50 peak
SuperGrok Heavy + Build — $300/mo · 40 h/week building p50 peak
Cursor Pro — $20/mo · 10 h/week building p50 peak
Cursor Pro+ — $60/mo · 24 h/week building p50 peak
Qwen Coding Plan — $50/mo · 28 h/week building p50 peak
Antigravity Individual — $0/mo · 5 h/week building p50 peak
Copilot Pro+ — $39/mo · 8 h/week building p50 peak

Comparisons

Head-to-head pages for similarly priced plans from different providers.

Claude Max 20× vs SuperGrok Heavy + Build for coding — 90 vs 40 building h/week p50 peak, $200 vs $300/mo
Claude Max 20× vs GLM Max for coding — 90 vs 45 building h/week p50 peak, $200 vs $168/mo
GLM Max vs MiniMax Ultra for coding — 45 vs 36 building h/week p50 peak, $168 vs $120/mo
Claude Max 5× vs MiniMax Ultra for coding — 60 vs 36 building h/week p50 peak, $100 vs $120/mo
Codex Pro 5× vs MiniMax Ultra for coding — 16 vs 36 building h/week p50 peak, $100 vs $120/mo
MiniMax Ultra vs SuperGrok Plus + Build for coding — 36 vs 24 building h/week p50 peak, $120 vs $100/mo
Claude Max 5× vs Codex Pro 5× for coding — 60 vs 16 building h/week p50 peak, $100 vs $100/mo
Claude Max 5× vs SuperGrok Plus + Build for coding — 60 vs 24 building h/week p50 peak, $100 vs $100/mo
Codex Pro 5× vs SuperGrok Plus + Build for coding — 16 vs 24 building h/week p50 peak, $100 vs $100/mo
GLM Pro vs MiniMax Ultra for coding — 40 vs 36 building h/week p50 peak, $80 vs $120/mo
Claude Max 5× vs GLM Pro for coding — 60 vs 40 building h/week p50 peak, $100 vs $80/mo
Codex Pro 5× vs GLM Pro for coding — 16 vs 40 building h/week p50 peak, $100 vs $80/mo
GLM Pro vs SuperGrok Plus + Build for coding — 40 vs 24 building h/week p50 peak, $80 vs $100/mo
Cursor Pro+ vs GLM Pro for coding — 24 vs 40 building h/week p50 peak, $60 vs $80/mo
Cursor Pro+ vs MiniMax Max for coding — 24 vs 30 building h/week p50 peak, $60 vs $50/mo
Cursor Pro+ vs Qwen Coding Plan for coding — 24 vs 28 building h/week p50 peak, $60 vs $50/mo
MiniMax Max vs Qwen Coding Plan for coding — 30 vs 28 building h/week p50 peak, $50 vs $50/mo
Copilot Pro+ vs MiniMax Max for coding — 8 vs 30 building h/week p50 peak, $39 vs $50/mo
Copilot Pro+ vs Qwen Coding Plan for coding — 8 vs 28 building h/week p50 peak, $39 vs $50/mo
Copilot Pro+ vs SuperGrok + Build for coding — 8 vs 8 building h/week p50 peak, $39 vs $30/mo
Claude Pro vs SuperGrok + Build for coding — 18 vs 8 building h/week p50 peak, $20 vs $30/mo
Codex Plus vs SuperGrok + Build for coding — 4 vs 8 building h/week p50 peak, $20 vs $30/mo
Cursor Pro vs SuperGrok + Build for coding — 10 vs 8 building h/week p50 peak, $20 vs $30/mo
MiniMax Plus vs SuperGrok + Build for coding — 10 vs 8 building h/week p50 peak, $20 vs $30/mo
Claude Pro vs Codex Plus for coding — 18 vs 4 building h/week p50 peak, $20 vs $20/mo
Claude Pro vs Cursor Pro for coding — 18 vs 10 building h/week p50 peak, $20 vs $20/mo
Claude Pro vs MiniMax Plus for coding — 18 vs 10 building h/week p50 peak, $20 vs $20/mo
Codex Plus vs Cursor Pro for coding — 4 vs 10 building h/week p50 peak, $20 vs $20/mo
Codex Plus vs MiniMax Plus for coding — 4 vs 10 building h/week p50 peak, $20 vs $20/mo
Cursor Pro vs MiniMax Plus for coding — 10 vs 10 building h/week p50 peak, $20 vs $20/mo

Off-peak

Which AI coding plans give more hours off-peak? — GLM Lite + GLM Pro + GLM Max — the plans with a published night rate