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ChatGPT costs Rp320,000/month in Indonesia. Here's the Rp32,000 alternative.

DEV Community·brian austin·22 days ago
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ChatGPT costs Rp320,000/month in Indonesia. Here's the Rp32,000 alternative. Rp320,000 per bulan. That's what ChatGPT Plus costs Indonesian developers right now. At the current exchange rate, that's roughly 10x the daily minimum wage in many Indonesian cities. For a developer in Surabaya or Medan — not Jakarta — that's a significant monthly commitment just to access AI tools that developers in the US pay $20 for. The math is brutal ChatGPT Plus: ~Rp320,000/month Some Indonesian developers' daily wages: ~Rp150,000-250,000 That means ChatGPT costs 1-2 days of salary every month just to keep the subscription active. This isn't an abstract problem. It's why most Indonesian developers I've spoken to either: Share accounts with colleagues (against ToS) Use the free tier and hit limits constantly Go without entirely The alternative: Rp32,000/month I built SimplyLouie — Claude AI access at Rp32,000/month . That's 10x cheaper than ChatGPT.…

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