I keep hitting subscription limits on Codex and Claude, so I'm going to try adding GLM 5.2 (z.ai) to the rotation. Cheapest approach I've found: one Max plan on each, then rotate through them as their 5-hour, daily, and weekly usage windows reset. Going per-token instead is hundreds of times more expensive.
Curious what others are doing to manage cost with heavy agentic coding. Rotating plans? Cheaper models for the routine work? Something smarter?
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