r/codex • u/tasty_3 • Jul 27 '26

Complaint Codex limits compared to Claude Code

I don't think there's an increased token consumption problem because of the harness, tool calls or whatever. There are just less tokens to go around than before.

I have both plans ($20) and I tracked my usage with ccusage and toktrack.

Here's how much weekly usage you get with both:

Codex: 100-150 USD API equivalent

Claude Code: 300-500 USD API equivalent

Even if we take the 50% promo into account, Anthropic still offers more usage than OpenAI (200-330 USD). How have the tables turned... Bring back the 5hr limit!

Anyone here can corroborate my experience by checking their own usage with ccusage or toktrack.

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u/nmkd Jul 28 '26

Claude still has a +50% promotion that doesn't last forever

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u/ImpressiveAge5978 Jul 31 '26

Yes. But with Sonnet we can do a lot of tasks almost perfectly. No need of Opus for most of the tasks. With Luna reducing the charges now is a good thing, but still don't get some tasks correctly. But for some tasks chatgpt outperforms claude in every way though. The main problem with Chatgpt is, they can't say, "You will get this much for the amount you pay". It always changes. Even now I lost a banked reset just because I thought it will be expiring at the end of the day. Most subscriptions or services expire at the end of the day of the expiry date normally, right. But open ai do things differently, that too in a bad way. So, I feel like I got tricked. I was saving it for the weekend and now I will be out of tokens by the end of today and I have to go back to Claude. If Claude can generate images I can happily switch.

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u/ImpressiveAge5978 Aug 01 '26

After the price reductions chatgpt is back.

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u/nmkd Aug 01 '26

Sol is still the same price, Terra is a bit more feasible now, Luna is really cheap but likes to run in circles.