# What a $20 coding subscription actually buys

DevFeed: [What a $20 coding subscription actually buys](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-a-20-coding-subscription-actually-buys-157.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://tailscale.com/blog/aperture-ai-passthrough-subscription-costs>)

Author: Kevin Purdy

Published: 2026-07-17T16:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Blog on Tailscale](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-on-tailscale.md>)

Topics: [AI Chat](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-chat.md>)

Tags: [agentic-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-coding.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [llm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llm.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>)

## AI overview

A guide to using Tailscale Aperture with Claude Code or ChatGPT/Codex subscriptions to track token costs and manage access.

## Source excerpt

Someone's subsidizing your coding agent. Aperture shows whether it's you.