What guides does Vibe-coder frontier have?

Answer-first guides computed from the same catalog as the stack builder (dated 2026-10-21): 6 budget guides, 37 plan pages, 30 comparisons and the off-peak guide. Every hour is a p50 with a p10–p90 interval; quality is the Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index v1.5 score for a verified agent/model/effort evaluation.

Where do the numbers in these guides come from?

Every number is computed from the site's catalog (dated 2026-10-21) by the same scorer that ranks the stack builder: haircut hours as p50 with p10–p90 intervals, quality as the Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index v1.5 score for a verified agent/model/effort evaluation.

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 + Codex Go + GLM Lite, $46/mo, 40 h/week building p50
Best AI coding subscriptions for $100 a month — Codex Plus + GLM Pro, $100/mo, 64 h/week building p50
Best AI coding subscriptions for $150 a month — Claude Pro + Codex Pro 100 + GLM Lite, $138/mo, 54 h/week building p50
Best AI coding subscriptions for $200 a month — Claude Pro + Codex Pro 100 + GLM Pro, $200/mo, 94 h/week building p50
Best AI coding subscriptions for $250 a month — Claude Pro + Codex Pro 100 + GLM Pro, $200/mo, 94 h/week building p50
Best AI coding subscriptions for $300 a month — Claude Max 5× + Codex Pro 100 + GLM Pro, $280/mo, 136 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 100 — $100/mo · 16 h/week building p50 peak
Codex Pro 200 — $200/mo · 20 h/week building p50 peak
Codex Go — $8/mo · 2 h/week building p50 peak
Codex Pro 500 — $500/mo · 45 h/week building p50 peak
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 M Plan Build — $132/mo · 36 h/week building p50 peak
MiniMax M Plan Go — $22/mo · 10 h/week building p50 peak
MiniMax M Plan Explore — $55/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 · paused for new signups
SuperGrok Plus + Build — $100/mo · 24 h/week building p50 peak · paused for new signups
SuperGrok Heavy + Build — $300/mo · 40 h/week building p50 peak · paused for new signups
Cursor Pro — $30/mo · 10 h/week building p50 peak · paused for new signups
Cursor Pro+ — $60/mo · 24 h/week building p50 peak · paused for new signups
Qwen Coding Plan — $50/mo · 28 h/week building p50 peak
Antigravity Individual — $0/mo · 5 h/week building p50 peak
Google AI Pro (Antigravity) — $20/mo · 10 h/week building p50 peak
Google AI Ultra $100 (Antigravity) — $100/mo · 25 h/week building p50 peak
Google AI Ultra $200 (Antigravity) — $200/mo · 45 h/week building p50 peak
Copilot Pro+ — $39/mo · 8 h/week building p50 peak
Copilot Pro — $10/mo · 2 h/week building p50 peak
Copilot Max — $100/mo · 22 h/week building p50 peak
OpenCode Go Plus — $40/mo · 40 h/week building p50 peak
X Plus + Build — $8/mo · 2 h/week building p50 peak
X Premium + Build — $30/mo · 8 h/week building p50 peak
X Super + Build — $100/mo · 24 h/week building p50 peak
X Ultra + Build — $200/mo · 36 h/week building p50 peak
Muse Everyday — $5/mo · 4 h/week building p50 peak
Muse High — $15/mo · 10 h/week building p50 peak
Muse Power — $50/mo · 20 h/week building p50 peak
Muse Maximum — $200/mo · 35 h/week building p50 peak

Comparisons

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

Claude Max 20× vs Codex Pro 200 for coding — 90 vs 20 building h/week p50 peak, $200 vs $200/mo
Claude Max 20× vs Google AI Ultra $200 (Antigravity) for coding — 90 vs 45 building h/week p50 peak, $200 vs $200/mo
Claude Max 20× vs Muse Maximum for coding — 90 vs 35 building h/week p50 peak, $200 vs $200/mo
Claude Max 20× vs X Ultra + Build for coding — 90 vs 36 building h/week p50 peak, $200 vs $200/mo
Codex Pro 200 vs Google AI Ultra $200 (Antigravity) for coding — 20 vs 45 building h/week p50 peak, $200 vs $200/mo
Codex Pro 200 vs Muse Maximum for coding — 20 vs 35 building h/week p50 peak, $200 vs $200/mo
Codex Pro 200 vs X Ultra + Build for coding — 20 vs 36 building h/week p50 peak, $200 vs $200/mo
Google AI Ultra $200 (Antigravity) vs Muse Maximum for coding — 45 vs 35 building h/week p50 peak, $200 vs $200/mo
Google AI Ultra $200 (Antigravity) vs X Ultra + Build for coding — 45 vs 36 building h/week p50 peak, $200 vs $200/mo
Muse Maximum vs X Ultra + Build for coding — 35 vs 36 building h/week p50 peak, $200 vs $200/mo
Claude Max 20× vs GLM Max for coding — 90 vs 45 building h/week p50 peak, $200 vs $168/mo
Codex Pro 200 vs GLM Max for coding — 20 vs 45 building h/week p50 peak, $200 vs $168/mo
GLM Max vs Google AI Ultra $200 (Antigravity) for coding — 45 vs 45 building h/week p50 peak, $168 vs $200/mo
GLM Max vs Muse Maximum for coding — 45 vs 35 building h/week p50 peak, $168 vs $200/mo
GLM Max vs X Ultra + Build for coding — 45 vs 36 building h/week p50 peak, $168 vs $200/mo
GLM Max vs MiniMax M Plan Build for coding — 45 vs 36 building h/week p50 peak, $168 vs $132/mo
Claude Max 5× vs MiniMax M Plan Build for coding — 60 vs 36 building h/week p50 peak, $100 vs $132/mo
Codex Pro 100 vs MiniMax M Plan Build for coding — 16 vs 36 building h/week p50 peak, $100 vs $132/mo
Copilot Max vs MiniMax M Plan Build for coding — 22 vs 36 building h/week p50 peak, $100 vs $132/mo
Google AI Ultra $100 (Antigravity) vs MiniMax M Plan Build for coding — 25 vs 36 building h/week p50 peak, $100 vs $132/mo
MiniMax M Plan Build vs X Super + Build for coding — 36 vs 24 building h/week p50 peak, $132 vs $100/mo
Claude Max 5× vs Codex Pro 100 for coding — 60 vs 16 building h/week p50 peak, $100 vs $100/mo
Claude Max 5× vs Copilot Max for coding — 60 vs 22 building h/week p50 peak, $100 vs $100/mo
Claude Max 5× vs Google AI Ultra $100 (Antigravity) for coding — 60 vs 25 building h/week p50 peak, $100 vs $100/mo
Claude Max 5× vs X Super + Build for coding — 60 vs 24 building h/week p50 peak, $100 vs $100/mo
Codex Pro 100 vs Copilot Max for coding — 16 vs 22 building h/week p50 peak, $100 vs $100/mo
Codex Pro 100 vs Google AI Ultra $100 (Antigravity) for coding — 16 vs 25 building h/week p50 peak, $100 vs $100/mo
Codex Pro 100 vs X Super + Build for coding — 16 vs 24 building h/week p50 peak, $100 vs $100/mo
Copilot Max vs Google AI Ultra $100 (Antigravity) for coding — 22 vs 25 building h/week p50 peak, $100 vs $100/mo
Copilot Max vs X Super + Build for coding — 22 vs 24 building h/week p50 peak, $100 vs $100/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