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Is Claude Code really this expensive?
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Just tried Claude Code for the first time today and figured I would start with $5. I installed Claude Code for the first time on my machine, so everything should be 100% default settings.
My initial prompt was create a docker container that simulates a robotic lawnmower that can be controlled with a keyboard using ROS2 and Webots. I would like to be able to access Webots via a web browser using something like NoVNC.
I started in a completely empty project folder, and within 10 minutes my $5 was completely gone, and the amount of code generated was relatively minimal.
I checked my API usage and it shows that I used 12,140,970 tokens in and 36,683 tokens out using Claude Sonnet 4. Does it seem possible to use 12,140,970 input tokens in a brand new project in that short amount of time? Or is there something else going on here?
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I understand that a subscription price will be cheaper, but I'm more worried about the tokens— at 12+M tokens in 10 minutes, am I going to reach a subscription limit in a short period of time? Like is Claude somehow mistaking other files on my system for context?