Do you subscribe to an LLM?
Most people pay the monthly fee and just keep using it — but when you look at where it actually goes, things get interesting.
It's not just the cheap plans. You'll see this on expensive plans too.
Think about where that usage went — queries like "summarize today's AI news" or "what's the latest on this company" take up a bigger chunk than you'd expect. Repetitive, daily questions.
OpenAI analyzed 1.5 million conversations and found:
Nearly half is information gathering. If you're on a $20 plan, about $10 of that is going toward something you could automate.
| Service | Plan | Monthly cost | Default model |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | Plus | $20 | GPT-5.3 |
| Claude | Pro | $20 | Sonnet 4.6 |
| Gemini | AI Pro | $19.99 | Gemini 3 Pro |
All three sit at the same $20. If half of that is going to information gathering, what if you just pulled that part out?
Daigest connects to your sources — RSS, YouTube, Reddit, Slack — and generates a briefing on a schedule. Only from the sources you specify.
Instead of opening an LLM every morning and asking for a news summary, the briefing is already waiting.
Old workflow Open LLM → "Summarize today's news" → Get results → "Dig deeper into this"
With Daigest Read Daigest briefing → LLM → "Tell me more about this"
When information gathering is automated, your LLM usage concentrates on analysis, coding, and creation.
| Setup | Monthly cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| LLM only | $20 | 49% goes to information gathering |
| Daigest Starter + LLM subscription | $5 + $20 = $25 | LLM quota focused on analysis / coding / creation |
| Daigest Starter + LLM free tier | $5 | Once info gathering is handled, paid plan often unnecessary |
If half your LLM usage is information gathering, you can cover that half for $5. In many cases the free tier becomes sufficient for the rest — and if you keep the paid plan, you'll hit the limit a lot less.
You don't need to cancel your LLM subscription. But for the daily, repetitive information queries, it just makes more sense to handle those separately.
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