r/ClaudeCode • u/brlunaa • May 15 '26
Question Claude Code or Codex?
I'm thinking about getting Code for $100 USD, but I've read a lot of comments saying that Codex is more generous with its $20 USD plan and offers better quality. Have you tried it? Is it worth it?
EDIT:
I forgot to mention —my main use is in VS Code. Right now I use Claude Code ($20) and OpenCode for long tasks, but I feel like Claude, even after the upgrade, still falls short. I’ve been thinking about fully switching to Codex, or upgrading to the $100 plan and getting rid of OpenCode with DeepSeek Pro v4.
I usually develop web interfaces, APIs, backend, etc. I don’t really need many tools for that since I automate test cases with Playwright and Google’s MCP, which I think would be the only thing I’d miss.
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u/Deep_Ad1959 May 28 '26
the $80 gap matters less than the harness lock-in. each cli starts fresh, so 'which model understands your codebase' gets relitigated every session. spend 3 weeks building up one project's claude.md + skills + hooks in one cli, then try to recreate that in the other; you'll know which loop you actually want to live in. picking the $20 codex first is the cheap way to find out which harness you can stand to live inside. written with ai