{"id":33771,"date":"2026-06-01T22:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.angulararchitects.io\/?p=33771"},"modified":"2026-06-01T22:50:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:50:24","slug":"ai-costs-for-angular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.angulararchitects.io\/en\/blog\/ai-costs-for-angular\/","title":{"rendered":"Agentic Engineering: What Does AI Coding Really Cost?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\t\tThis is post 3 of 3 in the series “Agentic Engineering”<\/em>\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/label>\n\n\t\t\t

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  1. Agentic Engineering: Which LLM Is Best for Angular Development?<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
  2. Agentic Engineering: Which LLM Is Best for Angular Development?<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
  3. Agentic Engineering: What Does AI Coding Really Cost?<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

    In my first post<\/a> of this small series, I wrote about the LLMs I currently like to use for Angular<\/em> development. In the second post<\/a>, I looked at the apps and harnesses around those models: Codex, Claude desktop app, Cursor, Antigravity, VS Code, WebStorm, and a few more. This third part is about the annoying but important topic: money.<\/p>\n

    Actually, money is only one part of the story. The other part is what data we share with these tools and which setups companies can actually use. I first had all of that in this post too, but it became too much for one article. So this part stays focused on costs, and I will cover the data and policy side in the next post.<\/p>\n

    And yeah, spoiler: if one of the subsidized subscriptions (or in my case all four of them) works for your setup, that is by far the best deal<\/strong> you can currently get. Before I dive in, let me be clear about one thing: I am not trying to sell you anything here, except, well, my brand new Agentic Engineering Workshop<\/a> \ud83d\ude05. So this post is primarily about informing you about the options that actually exist, so you can make your own decision.<\/p>\n

    This blog post was written by Alexander Thalhammer. For feedback, remarks or questions, please reach out to me!<\/p>\n

    And one thought runs through this whole post, so let me say it up front: what matters in the end is not the price per token. It is the cost per accepted, reviewed, merged change<\/strong>. More on that later.<\/p>\n

    There is also a bigger reason I keep writing about this. In my opinion, too many European teams are still too slow to adopt agentic coding seriously \u2013 and that gap will only get bigger. So please help me spread the word, and share these posts with your friends and colleagues!<\/p>\n

    This Is Still Not a Benchmark<\/h2>\n

    Same disclaimer as in the previous two posts: this is not a scientific benchmark and not a universal buying guide. It is my current opinion as of June 1, 2026, based on my own work with Angular<\/em> projects, workshops, experiments, and a lot of time spent playing around in Codex and the Claude desktop app.<\/p>\n

    I also spend some time in Cursor because it is a serious candidate \u2013 even more so since Elon is going to buy Cursor<\/a> later this year (I bet he will), and I want to keep checking where it is going. Antigravity, on the other hand, is more of a tool I test from time to time. I don't use it seriously for my daily Angular<\/em> work yet, because it still does not feel mature enough compared with Codex, Claude desktop app, and lately also Cursor.<\/p>\n

    The subscription prices themselves have been pretty stable so far. What changes more often is what you actually get: model access, included usage<\/strong>, rate limits, fast modes, and sometimes the hidden routing behind the scenes. For API and enterprise setups, longer agent runs can also change the real cost directly.<\/p>\n

    So if you read this in a few months, check the linked pricing pages again. The included usage and enterprise\/API details might have changed. One more note on the numbers: the providers list their prices in US dollars, so the euro figures in this post are approximate, not the exact amounts on your invoice. But the general shape of the cost problem will probably stay the same:<\/p>\n