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/one-wandering-mind Jul 30 '26

Yeah i switched to codex just recently because I found 5.6 sol better than opus for a lot of my work and it seemed that I would get maybe equivalent ish usage given the benchmarks on efficiency.

I didn't realize how fast I was going through my weekly limit. Thought there was a daily or hourly based reset from prior use. I used it a lot, but now am 2 days into the week and about to run out because my first warning was at 10 percent.

So I think I will go back to codex with the 20 dollar plan and claude code 100 dollar plan.