I am on ultra and I feel like token usage is INSANE. I am going to run out halfway through the month coding for a few hours a day. Anyone else have this? For this amount of money and the crazy use rates, combined with how bad Auto is this is likely my last month on cursor.

Even if cached input tokens are 10x cheaper, it is still too much tokens. The cost goes from typically $0.10 to $2 without any reason in the prompt or chat length. Therefore, our plan limit is reached incredibly fast. I was typically under 150k tokens and jumping now to 3M… [image] Do you have pl…

If you are finind you have a large amount of cache read, this suggests your input from Cursor to the model contains either a lot of repetition, which suggests you might be using an old / long chat with bloated context! You may have had lots of messages back and forth with the AI, or attached lots of…

The response to everyone finding usage issues is basically “git gud”. Live and don’t learn I guess.

I just stopped using the cursor - that’s a good solution, isn’t it? ) It seems to me that someone in your group has gone crazy, thinking that I should pervert myself and somehow use the Cursor more correctly? Haven’t you thought that the user should simply understand that he pays “so much” and shoul…

Listen, do you even read what people write on the forum or are you just blabbering on and on like a talking bird? Everyone writes that they don’t use Max mode! I spent $50 in 4 hours using Cloud Sonnet 4 with some hesitation! It used to cost me $1-3! And the fact that I paid for an annual account by…

I kinda got triggered by a message in another post and ended up crunching some numbers. Just leave it here (there’s a table inside). [image] Pro+ vs. usage base pricing Discussions https://forum.cursor.com/t/extreme-token-usage/117870/45?u=artemonim Recalcul…

And I still don’t get why people keep whining and using the third most expensive model when there are cheaper and better options out there :eyes: The cache gets read after every tool use by the Agent. Claude seems to love making single-line edits (at least, I’ve seen it happen a few times). So inst…

I would spend 5k a month on Cursor if I knew exactly what the 5k a month was getting me. it’s the unknown aspect of the pricing model that is the concern

You pay $200 for the Ultra plan. They guarantee you’ll get at least $200 worth of tokens. I already got $142 worth of tokens for my $60. I’m not sure where it’s stated, but apparently Cursor also sells you tokens at a ~20% markup. In return, you get the best agent-oriented chat on the market. Bugg…

I think you’re missing the point. People are upset about how little value the money is getting them.

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Artemonim (Artemonim) July 16, 2025, 4:19pm 51

I kinda got triggered by a message in another post and ended up crunching some numbers. Just leave it here (there’s a table inside).

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