What are the best 10 \ 20 buck coding ais left?

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Summary

Discussion on the best AI coding assistants in the $10-20/month range, noting that Claude and ChatGPT are now limited and downgraded compared to earlier versions, with Gemini being a current contender.

So basically Claude at 20 buck sub is not much better than free. Chatgpt. It is pretty much shit. Gemini. It seems to have some reductions to its abilities in the last couple of months as well. The 20 buck price range used to have lots of good ais. Now they are all limited, downgraded. What would be the king in this price range? I have found myself using gemini ai pro with other ais as free on the top of that.
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