I use Claude models all the time, Sonnet by default, Opus when I need extra horsepower. But I'm doing it through GitHub Copilot for £7/month. And honestly, that setup has been flawless for my workflow so far.
So, the idea of paying £17/month directly to Anthropic doesn't land well for me. I keep hearing people rave about it, but Copilot already gives me everything I need, and I know I have OpenCode with access to the models via OpenRouter in my back pocket for those edge cases.
Maybe I'll try Claude Code CLI eventually, but right now Copilot is still the clear winner for my use cases.
And then there's the rumour that Claude Code might be removed from the £17 Pro plan entirely and locked behind the $100/month Max tier. If that actually happens, that's a hard stop for me. If £17 felt excessive, $100 is just unrealistic.
Maybe I'm not the audience they're building for... fair enough. But unless something changes, Copilot is the one that keeps earning my subscription.
