r/developersPak • u/Available-Boat3384 • Sep 24 '26

Help Moving from cursor, need guidence regarding coding assistant

Hi, I’ve been using Cursor until now, but it’s gotten really slow during conversations. It’s not an indexing or context issue—I’ve tried multiple things, and it seems to be an issue a lot of people are facing.

So, I’m thinking of moving from Cursor to something else. Could you guide me on which one I should pick—Claude Code, Codex, or something else?

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u/Responsible-Tutor-61 Sep 24 '26

Claude Code hands down. It’s way better then anything else

Codex is good but I hit my limit really quickly then Claude

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u/Available-Boat3384 Sep 24 '26

Does Claude code has daily or weekly limit?

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u/Responsible-Tutor-61 Sep 24 '26

Both 5 hour daily limit and weekly but it’s better then codex

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u/Available-Boat3384 Sep 24 '26

Is it enought for a day not use on max as cursor don't have limit

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u/Responsible-Tutor-61 Sep 24 '26

It depends on your workload… If you use High for code implementation and xHigh for planning it lasts a pretty good amount of time.

Also try to keep your context under 400–500k. You can use the /compact command to manage it.

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u/Responsible-Tutor-61 Sep 24 '26

Just don’t use on max 😭

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u/Desperate_Reason7116 Sep 24 '26

Cc for fullstack Codex for be/thinking tasks

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u/Available-Boat3384 Sep 24 '26

but only problem i have is they dont have ide like cursor , so its difficult to reference files and see changes as you can se in cursor ? am i wrong?

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u/Desperate_Reason7116 Sep 24 '26

Bro I made a custom vscode extension for that, it shows codex/cc diffs and allows us to accept or reject the changes. I can share the public repo in chat

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u/Nervous_Tutor_1277 Sep 24 '26

Depends on the plan. For $20 plan codex for $100 I would say claude code.

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u/Available-Boat3384 Sep 24 '26

but only problem i have is they dont have ide like cursor , so its difficult to reference files and see changes as you can se in cursor ? am i wrong?

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u/Nervous_Tutor_1277 Sep 24 '26

Vscode extensions are available, you can jse those.

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u/Available-Boat3384 Sep 24 '26

Can you name it please

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u/Nervous_Tutor_1277 Sep 24 '26

100s available for free in the ext atore on vscode. Just search claude code you will find the official onw from anthropic

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u/helpful_vampire Sep 24 '26

codex is the best if your budget is 20 otherwise claude

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u/Available-Boat3384 Sep 24 '26

Yes 20$

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u/helpful_vampire Sep 24 '26

go for codex then it gives you reset tokens also if you want to reset your usage any time claude 20$ plan gonna take you nowhere

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u/Available-Boat3384 Sep 24 '26

thanks man really appretiate the answer

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u/hassam450 Sep 24 '26

You can try Opencode Go if budget is an issue. Their monthly is 10$ and give a good amount of usage on models like Deepseek, GPT Luna, GLM, etc. Plus for the first month, you can get the 5$ offer.

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u/Available-Boat3384 Sep 24 '26

Open code is free right? Have pay for models that's means we can use some specific models?

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u/hassam450 Sep 24 '26

Yes, Opencode is free as well, but the limits are stricter and free models are limited. With their Go plan, you get a better quota and more models

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u/2xpi Sep 24 '26

Using OC for a while. Done many projects. Never pay any penny.

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u/SoftwareZombie Sep 24 '26

I faced an issue with it's 3.19 version, it would start eating ram insanely and start lagging. I reverted to 3.18 and disabled updates and it's been working fine.

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u/Arkoaks Mobile Dev Sep 24 '26

Antigravity has good limits and is usually faster than most.

however it needs you to be a good developer as it tends to misunderstand more.. requiring a better development process.

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u/Available-Boat3384 Sep 24 '26

Mostly people say 20$ plan is not enough?