Session breakdown vs model breakdown

Compare session-oriented reporting with model-oriented reporting for vibestats usage analysis.

Intent

Comparison

Focus

The right answer depends on whether you are debugging activity structure or model mix.

Next step

Open the command reference

Highlights

Session breakdown and Model breakdown solve different reporting jobs.
Use session breakdowns when you want to investigate behavior in actual working sessions. Use model breakdowns when you want to understand technology choice, not session shape.
vibestats works best when you want local, repeatable reporting around actual AI coding usage.

Relevant commands

npx vibestats --sessionsnpx vibestats --model

Comparison

Dimension	Left side	Right side
Question answered	Which work sessions caused the spike?	Which models caused the spike?
Best use	Operational debugging and outlier analysis.	Stack review and model usage decisions.
Tradeoff	Closer to workflow shape.	Closer to tool and pricing shape.

Where Session breakdown wins

Question answered: Which work sessions caused the spike? Best use: Operational debugging and outlier analysis. Tradeoff: Closer to workflow shape.

Where Model breakdown wins

Question answered: Which models caused the spike? Best use: Stack review and model usage decisions. Tradeoff: Closer to tool and pricing shape.

Decision rule

Use session breakdowns when you want to investigate behavior in actual working sessions. Use model breakdowns when you want to understand technology choice, not session shape.

FAQ

Should I choose Session breakdown or Model breakdown?

Use session breakdowns when you want to investigate behavior in actual working sessions. Use model breakdowns when you want to understand technology choice, not session shape.

Is this comparison about replacing everything with one report?

No. Most teams need more than one reporting view. The useful comparison is about which view answers which question, and when vibestats should be part of the stack.

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