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nickysielickiyesterday at 6:31 PM9 repliesview on HN

can anyone compare the $200/mo codex usage limits with the $200/mo claude usage limits? It’s extremely difficult to get a feel for whether switching between the two is going to result in hitting limits more or less often, and it’s difficult to find discussion online about this.

In practice, if I buy $200/mo codex, can I basically run 3 codex instances simultaneously in tmux, like I can with claude code pro max, all day every day, without hitting limits?


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vtailyesterday at 6:46 PM

My own experience is that I get far far more usage (and better quality code, too) from codex. I downgrade my Claude Max to Claude Pro (the $20 plan) and now using codex with Pro plan exclusively for everything.

tauntzyesterday at 7:46 PM

I've only run into the codex $20 limit once with my hobby project. With my Claude ~$20 plan, I hit limits after about 3(!) rather trivial prompts to Opus :/

ritzacoyesterday at 6:35 PM

I haven't tried the $200 plans by I have Claude and Codex $20 and I feel like I get a lot more out of Codex before hitting the limits. My tracker certainly shows higher tokens for Codex. I've seen others say the same.

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Marciplanyesterday at 10:55 PM

sure can! One of them stood up to the “Department of War” for favoring your rights, the other did not. Hope that helps!

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CSMastermindyesterday at 7:26 PM

Codex limits are much more generous than claude.

I switch between both but codex has also been slightly better in terms of quality for me personally at least.

throwaway911282yesterday at 10:14 PM

you get more more from codex than claude any day. and its more reliable as well.

gavinrayyesterday at 7:40 PM

I almost never hit my $20 Codex limits, whereas I often hit my Claude limits.

mikert89yesterday at 7:26 PM

I personally like the 100 dollar one from claude, but the gpt4 pro can be very good

FergusArgyllyesterday at 7:14 PM

Codex usage limits are definitely more generous. As for their strength, that's hard to say / personal taste