Today, I wanted to use Sonnet MAX 3.7 Thinking. I enabled price-based pricing, and it said that using it would cost $0.05. However, after submitting a query, it got stuck in a loop running npm i and he tried to install something completely nonsensical, racking up $0.25 in premium tools usage. WTF?

Hey, take a look at this: [image] Max Mode for Claude 3.7 - Out Now! Featured Discussions TL:DR brain Has Claude 3.7 Thinking at it’s core books Uses the whole 200k context window of the model hammer_and_wrench Has a very high tool call limit magnifying_glass_tilted_le…

probably time to limit tools you dont want to call in the settings. I hate that in every web project 3.7 automatiicaly tries to launch a new python server.

Hey, sorry to hear you’ve had a poor experience! While many people have reported a solid improvement with Max mode, we still hope to refine and improve on it as users test it out. If you can, grabbing a request ID for this would be super helpful! However, regarding the cost, please see what I wro…

hey danperks, could you check my refund email sent to hi@cursor.com on March 6 ？I need your help. Email：rickxtzhang@gmail.com

I do wonder if it has to be premium tools to deal with sonnet MAX. Couldn’t it be the same tool used for common sonnet? I really does spend alot. I’ve just run a command that has spent a lot of money and most of it were for tools calls. I think it should get better. 42 premium tool calls * 5 c…

at the end, it’s worth if you don’t care about the price but best possible quality

Yeah… but the point is: Does it make’s sense to have to pay per each tool call? I am not sure if it does… do you get my point? Paying for inference does make sense, but API calls… it does not seems like it makes sense… there could be a mix for that.

Premium tools eat my money

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deanrie (Dean Rie) March 18, 2025, 1:04pm 2

Hey, take a look at this:

Topic		Replies	Views
Claude 4 Sonnet INSANE pricing Usage-based pricing Help	5	2024	July 3, 2025
Will the 3.7 MAX bankrupt us? Discussions	62	8360	June 18, 2025
More than 25 tool calls burn premium requests Bug Reports	7	1370	March 31, 2025
Max Mode for Claude 3.7 - Out Now! Release Discussions	66	70498	May 26, 2026
Quality degradation in v0.45+ on all models and Premium tool calls - $0.05 per call, why? Feedback	2	108	June 12, 2025

Premium tools eat my money

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