Claude + Claude Code
Anthropic's models and a terminal agent that writes and runs code
Free tier, Pro $20/mo, Max from $100/mo, API billed per token
AI & modelsI pay for it
Tools I use
What I pay for or run myself, one honest line each. Some of the links are referral links.
All tools
Some links on this page are referral links. I only list tools I pay for or run myself. The price for you does not change; in some cases I get a small credit or commission.
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VS Code fork with the AI model wired into the editor
Hobby free, individual plans from $20 per month, Teams $40 per user per month
fal.ai
Hosted image and video models behind one API, pay per use
Pay per use, for example Nano Banana 2 at $0.08 per image, video billed per second
AI & modelsI pay for it
Gemini API
Google's models by API: text, vision and image generation
Free tier with limits, then per token; image generation from $0.067 per image
AI & modelsI pay for it
LM Studio
Desktop app to download and run open-weight models on your own machine
Free for personal and work use
OpenAI Codex CLI
OpenAI's coding agent for the terminal, a second pair of hands
Included in ChatGPT Plus from $20/mo, Pro from $100/mo, extra credits on top
AI & modelsI pay for it
Perplexity
Answer engine with sources, plus the Comet browser
Free tier, Pro $20 per month, Max $200 per month; Comet browser free
Book a working session
One hour on what you want automated. You leave with a plan or with a clear no.
Work with meOr write to christian@drxlr.dev