Models & Budget

Available models

The gateway gives you access to Claude models and several open-source models. The default is Claude Sonnet 4.6 — strong at coding, and the model Claude Code’s auto mode needs (see Guardrails). Claude Haiku 4.5 costs about a third as much.

Name Model Relative cost
claude-sonnet-4-6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 (default) 1x
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 Claude Haiku 4.5 ~0.33x Sonnet
claude-opus-4-6 Claude Opus 4.6 (strongest) ~1.7x Sonnet
qwen3-coder-480b Qwen3 Coder 480B ~0.14x Sonnet
qwen3-coder-30b Qwen3 Coder 30B (small, fast) ~0.05x Sonnet
devstral-2 Mistral Devstral 2 ~0.12x Sonnet
kimi-k2.5 Kimi K2.5 ~0.18x Sonnet
glm-5 GLM 5 ~0.3x Sonnet
minimax-m2.5 MiniMax M2.5 ~0.09x Sonnet
gpt-oss-120b OpenAI GPT-OSS 120B ~0.05x Sonnet

When to switch models

  • Sonnet — your everyday model, and the default. Use it for most tasks.
  • Opus — reach for it when Sonnet struggles: complex reasoning, large refactors, subtle bugs. Switch back when you’re done.
  • Haiku — cheaper, for simple, well-defined work. Auto mode is not available with Haiku, so expect Claude Code to ask before actions.
  • Open models — interesting to try, but they use file-reading and editing tools less reliably than Claude. If one answers without looking at your files, ask it explicitly (e.g., “use the read tool on notes.txt”).

Switching models

Inside Claude Code, type /model followed by a name from the table, for example /model claude-opus-4-6.

Checking your budget

In any terminal on the hub:

claude-agent-coders --budget

It shows what you have spent, your budget, and when your key expires. Spending shows up about a minute after each request.

Making your budget last

  • Stay on Sonnet for routine tasks; it is the default for a reason.
  • Switch to Opus only when you need to, then switch back.
  • Use /clear between tasks — this resets the conversation, which means the agent sends less context with each request and each request costs less.
  • The gateway caches repeated context for Claude models, so later requests in a session cost less than the first one.
Tip

Running /usage in Claude Code shows what the current session has spent.