Budget guide · $250 a month

Best AI coding subscriptions for $250 a month

At the page defaults, 12 stacks tie for the top score at $250 a month (each covers a 25 h/week week at p50); the first listed is Claude Max 5× + Codex Plus + GLM Pro + MiniMax Max (4 seats, $250/mo total): about 154 h/week of building at p50 (p10–p90 72–298) and 46 h/week of planning at p50 (p10–p90 23–89). Tied stacks all cover your week, so pick among them on the plans you prefer.

Top 5 stacks for $250 a month

Ranked by the site's scorer at the page defaults. Building = implement hours; every figure is p50 with its p10–p90 interval, in h/week. =1 marks stacks tied on score.

#StackSeats$/moBuilding h/week p50 (p10–p90)Weakest confidence
=1Claude Max 5× + Codex Plus + GLM Pro + MiniMax Max4$250154 (72–298)community
=1Claude Pro + Codex Pro 5× + GLM Pro + MiniMax Max4$250124 (56–233)guessed
=1Claude Max 5× + GLM Pro + MiniMax Max + Cursor Pro4$250160 (75–310)community
=1Codex Pro 5× + GLM Pro + MiniMax Max + Cursor Pro4$250116 (53–218)guessed
=1Claude Max 5× + GLM Pro + OpenCode Go + Cursor Pro+4$250164 (82–320)community

Assumptions — the site's page defaults: 25 h/week at the keyboard, 65% building / 20% planning / 15% admin work, 50% of movable work off-peak, London time, at least one plan running as a terminal CLI agent, and quality floors of frontier planning and strong building. Numbers as of 2026-09-24.