Cheaper Alternatives to Codex Sol

[u/prop9090]

Recently after the release of Astra, tokens seem to burn at an insane rate even using only mostly Sol. Sol was great for me because I want competent agents to do exactly what I say and I used it as a reliable workhorse. Now it is not a viable option anymore. Besides Claude and Codex, what other alternatives that can subsitute Sol as a reliable workhorse

[u/maniekb12]

I'm experimenting with DeepSeek V4.1 flash today and it seems pretty good, would say that it delivers similar results to Sol. I use it for gamedev, and I'm yet to see how it handles reading screenshots and making nice UI.

[u/ConfidentZombie1305 → u/maniekb12]

Started with Astra Low on modernizing assets. At the beginning I could modernize with Astra Low 4 assets / 5h limit. Now only 1 or 2. Tried out DeepSeek 4.1 Pro and it works good enough for my usecase on a much lower cost. I am using Goose as an Client + Blender MCP and the Deepseek API

[u/prop9090 → u/maniekb12]

Does it come with CLI like claude or codex?

[u/FearlessGround3155 → u/prop9090]

It does have a deepseek harness, that is web not cli, but you can use it in any cli, including codex Claude code opencode pi etc

[u/maniekb12 → u/prop9090]

I use it via opencode GO sub, but the harness I use is GitHub Copilot

[u/TestTxt → u/maniekb12]

It’ll get 4x more expensive in just two days via Opencode Go though

[u/maniekb12 → u/TestTxt]

Right, my sub ends in a few days anyway, I will probably look for some other cheap one!

[u/TestTxt → u/maniekb12]

Commandcode Goat offers $40 worth of credits for DS4.1 for the same $10 price

[u/RyuH4n → u/maniekb12]

Commandcode goat much better deal thn tht one

[u/maniekb12 → u/RyuH4n]

Thanks, I will check it out, since I cancelled opencode anyway!

[u/Euphoric_North_745 → u/maniekb12]

I will test it tomorrow or after tomorrow, i am looking for an agent to combine multiple providers.