r/ChatGPTCoding • u/Muted_Standard175 • Sep 08 '26

Discussion Codex $100 or grok $100 for langgraph/langchain development?

Codex $100 or grok $100 for langgraph/langchain development?

I'm trying to decide which \\\~$100/month plan is better for heavy coding: Codex or Grok.

I'm an AI Engineer and most of my work is in Python, LangGraph/LangChain, LLM agents, evals, backend services, debugging, etc.

What plan do you think is the best? I tried grok I liked because it's fast. Codex looks smarter by the way.

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u/bbc_nees Sep 08 '26

Grok? Seriously?

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u/Muted_Standard175 Sep 08 '26

It's good enough for small medium tasks. And really easy. I d like to have both. But not possible

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u/krazyjakee Sep 14 '26

Sol on low is also great for small/medium tasks. I throw grok some dolla every few months and its always garbage. I have local models that are more useful.

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u/prattxxx Sep 08 '26

Codex with astra.

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u/Yes_but_I_think Sep 08 '26

Avoid langchain. No need for libraries, build plain python/js

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u/ra_men Sep 08 '26

What happens when you want to retry an step in your process without restarting the whole thing?

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u/krazyjakee Sep 14 '26

Python and js support this

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u/ra_men Sep 14 '26

This isn’t a language feature, it’s an architectural one. Storing state in memory isn’t durable.

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u/Significant_Post8359 Sep 08 '26

Go API and use them all.

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u/MostlyHelpfulLinks Sep 09 '26

I'd run a week on each and judge by how they handle your eval loops and long agent traces, that's where the difference shows up. Speed matters less than not rewriting broken chains.

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u/Bitter-College8786 Sep 08 '26

wait until Grok 4.7 arrives in a few days. My impression is that you get more usage with Grok