⭕️//:::. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀.

𝗛𝗲𝘆 𝗙𝗮𝗺,👊🏾:::

If you've been wondering whether the 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘅 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 is worth it ~ 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀.

I was on the Pro plan at $𝟮𝟬/𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 and kept hitting my limits. Between Cowork, vibe coding, Claude Code, the desktop app, Google Anitgravity, Visual Studio ~ I'm using Claude for so much that the Pro plan just couldn't keep up. So I upgraded to 𝗠𝗮𝘅 𝗮𝘁 $𝟭𝟬𝟬/𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵. They also have a $𝟮𝟬𝟬/𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 tier, and if I ever hit the ceiling on this one, I'm upgrading without hesitation.

But here's how I made the jump make sense: I 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲.

I sat down and looked at every subscription I was paying for ~ and it was insane. We all have way more subscriptions than we realize. So I got honest about what I was actually using and where I was getting 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻.

A few examples of what I did:

I had 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗚𝗣𝗧 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀 ~ a personal and a Teams account. Canceled the personal. The only reason I'm keeping the Teams account is because that's where most of the GPTs I've sold live. People have purchased those, and I need access to update them. Plus the Teams tier has certain benefits I still use. But I'm not actively building over there like I used to. I also don't want to put everything in one basket — so keeping a presence on ChatGPT still makes sense for me.

I had a 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 at around $𝟰𝟬/𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵. Love Manus ~ you guys know that. But with everything Claude can do right now, and the updates they keep dropping, I downgraded Manus to the $𝟭𝟵/𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 plan. Still have access, just at a tier that matches how much I'm actually using it.

Did this across the board. Canceled what I didn't need. Downgraded what I wasn't using enough to justify the higher tier. Then redirected all of that toward the tool doing the 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.

And think about it ~ $𝟭𝟬𝟬/𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵. You can't hire anyone for that. Try to find someone at even $𝟮𝟬𝟬/𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 who can do what Claude and Cowork handle daily. The 𝗥𝗢𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱.

Now ~ I'm not saying everybody needs to jump to Claude. Maybe upgrading to a higher tier on ChatGPT makes more sense for you. Maybe Manus is your workhorse. The point isn't the platform. The point is this: 𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿, 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. Cut the rest or scale it back.

Stop spreading your money thin across tools you barely touch. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲. 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀. 𝗣𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗶𝘀.

✌🏾🖤~𝗔𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻

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𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻, 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱.

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