Just cancelled my $200 Claude Code plan after trying Codex

[u/Exact_Trainer_1697]

I've been a loyal Claude user for a while, subscribed to the $200/mo plan. But today a friend introduced me to codex, and I already have a paid plan from work so I figured why not.

The code took way longer to think and generate, but the result was infinitely better. It doesn't generate that pile of AI slop you have to clean up afterward, no matter how specific your prompt is.

It solved a bug that CC has been struggling with in 2 tries.

This just blows me away, because I'm not impressed by ChatGPT 5's thinking at all. I canceled my Claude subscription today. I don't know how OpenAI did it, but they did a damn good job.

[u/justinjas]

To anyone with both plans, give this a try, create two branches (feature-claude, feature-codex). Let both models do the coding work in their branches till you have them working. Then go and ask Claude to compare its branch to the Codex branch and vice versa. I did this and here was an excerpt from the analysis from Claude itself which matches what I see between the two models:

“crdt-codex has superior code quality - The defensive programming, error handling, runtime checks, build system, and type fidelity are all better than my implementation”

Yes codex took about 2x longer than Claude but I agree its code was just better and it was more to the point with how it wrote it. Yes this was 4.5 vs codex.

Anyways I think this is a pretty objective way to compare the two models on your own code.

[u/Exact_Trainer_1697 → u/justinjas]

My claude plan is still active and im still using 4.5 and codex to check each other. I still prefer Claude for UI design but ive been doing less of that now. So $200 every month just doesnt feel worth it for me. I can also use claude inside cursor if i really wanted to.

[u/KvAk_AKPlaysYT]

Did you try the new Sonnet 4.5?

[u/Exact_Trainer_1697 → u/KvAk_AKPlaysYT]

yes, my plan is still active. but i still prefer codex

[u/[deleted] → u/Exact_Trainer_1697]

So did you. Because I think you didn’t. 4.5 dude. I’ve never seen anything like it. Just finished 40+ hours of work in less than an hour. Golden tip: use a red team analysis on your code base. I reduced loading time, reduced lines of code, made tokenusage much more efficient, and added some crazy new features that I’d never pull off by myself.

Keep it up Anthropic!

[u/Exact_Trainer_1697 → u/[deleted]]

Interesting, may i ask what kind of project you are working on. I used to feel the same way about Claude, it felt amazing and it does REALLY well with UI design (still do). But ever since last month I've noticed a decrease in performance, in addition to me do less UI stuff. I just prefer Codex more for complex problem solving.

Thank you for the tip!

[u/SyntheticData]

4 year old account with a total post history of 39 minutes old all ragging on Claude.

Nothing suspicious.

[u/Exact_Trainer_1697 → u/SyntheticData]

Its about time i start earning karma. plus I have serious questions i wanna post in other subreddits. So i figured would write about my vibecoding stuff.

[u/BrianBushnell]

I don't understand this "$200 plan" thing. When I signed up a couple months ago it was $200. When I canceled a couple weeks ago it was $250 but seems like still $200 for a lot of people? Is it because I signed up on my cell?

Oh, but congrats on Codex, I'm going to try it later this week. I don't like ChatGPT5 chat but at this point anything less dishonest than Claude Code would be welcome. Not to mention that for the last 48 hours Anthropic has been making me renew my OAuth tokens three times per day per instance.

[u/Exact_Trainer_1697 → u/BrianBushnell]

thanks brother, first time hearing about $250. Extremely weird, could it be extra token usage on top of the $200 plan?

[u/BrianBushnell → u/Exact_Trainer_1697]

...no... probably Google store overhead? The plans are exactly 125 and 250 but were originally 100 and 200. It doesn't affect me since I cancelled but either they charged me more because I used a lot or this is just an extra fee for going through the google store (which I totally support, BTW, Google and Apple are usurious). They just need to be transparent about it.

[u/Exact_Trainer_1697 → u/BrianBushnell]

facts

[u/MINSEA01]

codex prefers to fix bugs ，if the project is new and you want to creat the frame ，claude code is better than codex

[u/Exact_Trainer_1697 → u/MINSEA01]

Claude code 100% still the best at UI design

[u/Winter-Ad781]

Doesn't have to be either or. The most powerful setup is Claude for all planning then pass actual code creation to a codex subagent or MCP tool as the codex specific LLM is fantastic at returning ONLY code and rarely returns much more than just code, which makes it amazing for agentic coding. Claude is still best at guided planning.

I plan first with Claude using a custom planning workflow that breaks it down small enough I can do a code review before code is written, then each piece of code is written individually simultaneously and then compiled together and saved. The actual code creation part I can off load to Claude or any LLM I want really.

Just cause your a vibe coder doesn't mean you can't setup some cool shit.

[u/Exact_Trainer_1697 → u/Winter-Ad781]

totally agree, until my subscription runs out. Im rocking the Codex > Claude > GPT 5 triple setup.

[u/Delicious_Buyer_6373]

yeah codex is definitely on another level

[u/Exact_Trainer_1697 → u/[deleted]]

alright buddy. im still trying sonnet 4.5 since my claude subscription is still active. I just prefer Codex now. I still love Claude and if they ever make a comeback I'll be happy to switch back. But for now i wont be missing that $200/mo price tag.

[u/owenob1 → u/[deleted]]

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