Mesh Intelligence analyzes Claude Code Max 20x token costs

Analyzing 90 days of Claude Code usage, the author calculates that list-rate token consumption reached $33,624 compared to a $600 subscription cost, illustrating a massive price discrepancy for heavy AI users. The author argues that cached conversation context drives the vast majority of these costs and notes that such high usage heavily relies on current subscription rate limits and subsidies from AI providers. Open article →