# GPT-6 Sol and Luna

8 Hacker News commenters recommended GPT-6 Sol and Luna and 8 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for strong performance at about half the cost, and Luna is seen as a possible step for computer use automation. Main caveat: opaque subscription pricing.

## Why people recommend it

- Strong performance at lower cost (4 comments): "OpenAI kind of is trolling Anthropic by simply going into a price war with impressive performance." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49809512)) "This is exactly what people need - cutting edge intelligence at half the cost." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49813991)) "a bit better and also 50% cheaper" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49807448))

## What people warn about

- Overhyped branding and claims (4 comments): "one of the greatest demonstrations of chutzpah, by some of the greatest hucksters, in the history of the human race" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49807024)) "their announcements, product names, and everything else looks and sounds like LLM-slop" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49805859)) "Rarely have I seen such hogwash." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49815035))
- Opaque or high pricing (2 comments): "I hate the opaqueness around subscription rates but at least it will show up in some way there too" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49810017)) "This Luna pricing is obscene man." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49805980))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Claude Opus](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-opus.md): 3331 recommend
- [OpenAI GPT](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gpt-5-5.md): 1205 recommend
- [Claude Sonnet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-sonnet.md): 854 recommend
- [DeepSeek V4 Flash](https://hackerapproved.com/p/deepseek-v4-flash.md): 828 recommend
- [Fable](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fable.md): 823 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "GPT-6 Sol and Luna", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gpt-6-sol-and-luna/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).