PoorAI
Making AI work for less than $10/month. We experiment with cheaper models, agent workflows, and our own evals to find the best balance between cost, quality, and scale. Real experiments. Honest results. More AI for less.
- 1 min readDeepSeek V1 Flash Just Got a Serious UpgradeOpenCode Go and Free now use DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017. Coding benchmarks improved sharply, bringing this low-cost model closer to flagship territory on some tasks.
- 1 min readSpace Bunny Was MiniMax M3.1 FlashSpace Bunny’s anonymous run is over: MiniMax has linked it to M3.1 Flash. The free previews on coding tools were temporary, and access is already changing.
- 1 min readNemotron 3.5 Super VL Is Free on OpenCodeNVIDIA’s new 120B multimodal model is available at no token cost on OpenCode—for now. Its agent features look promising, but there are limits to check before trusting it with real work.
- 1 min readMembers onlyA Cheaper Way to Run AI Coding AgentsA coding tool is trying a different pricing model for developers watching every dollar. The details matter more than the headline.
- 3 min readChoose Your AI Coding Harness Before You Choose a ModelYour coding harness shapes how AI uses tools, context, and tokens. We explain OpenCode, Pi, OpenRouter, and OpenCode Console, including API keys, token costs, and what we need to test before settling on a setup under $10/month.
- 1 min readDeepSeek V4.1 Flash Free on OpenCodeDeepSeek V4.1 Flash Free gives budget builders another no-cost model to test in OpenCode, with temporary availability caveats.
- 1 min readGLM-5.3 Flash Free Arrives on OpenCodeOpenCode lists a free GLM-5.3 Flash endpoint, but its standard model remains paid. Here’s what budget builders should know.
- 1 min readBeam 1.0 Is Free in OpenCode and Command CodeBeam Free gives budget-conscious developers a chance to try Reflection’s large coding model in OpenCode. Here’s what it offers, what early feedback says, and what to watch for.
- 1 min readIntroducing Poor AIWhat if you could run AI for less than $10/month without sacrificing quality? We're testing models, workflows, and our own evals to find out.