Need Advice: MonkeyCode AI vs Free Coding AI Alternatives

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Hey everyone! 👋

I’ve been working on a coding project for about a month using MonkeyCode AI, and I’m really enjoying building it. My project has grown quite a lot, and now I want to take it all the way to completion.

The problem is that MonkeyCode’s free usage has been reduced from around 30 million tokens to 10 million tokens. Since my project is getting bigger, sometimes even fixing a small bug can use up most or all of my daily tokens, which is making it difficult to continue.

So I wanted to ask the community for some advice on two things:

1. Is there a good free alternative?

I’m looking for a cloud-based AI coding tool that offers a decent amount of free usage/tokens and can handle larger coding projects, debugging, and code changes.

I’ve looked into running open-source models locally, but my PC isn’t powerful enough to comfortably run large coding models. So I’m specifically looking for something cloud-based.

2. Should I pay for MonkeyCode?

The other option I’m considering is buying MonkeyCode’s paid plan because I really like my project and want to finish it.

I’ve also looked at subscriptions for other coding AI tools, but many of their more powerful plans are around $100+, which is quite expensive for me. MonkeyCode’s most expensive plan is around $60, which seems much more reasonable.

However, MonkeyCode isn’t as well-known as some other coding AI tools, and I haven’t found many detailed reviews from people who have actually purchased and used the paid plan.

So I’m a little worried about spending $60 and then finding out that the subscription doesn’t provide as much usage as I expected or that there are other limitations.

What would you recommend in my situation?

Should I buy MonkeyCode’s ~$60 plan?
Is there a better or cheaper alternative for a large coding project?
If anyone here has actually used MonkeyCode’s paid plan, how much usage/tokens did you get, and what was your experience?

I’d really appreciate any advice or recommendations. 🙏

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Need Advice: MonkeyCode AI vs Free Coding AI Alternatives