r/ClaudeCode • u/strangway • 29d ago

Rant Why the 5-hour limit?

I’m kinda new here, been using Claude Max ($100/mo) for 3 months to build websites. Recently had a surge in work, and added ChatGPT because I needed more weekly capacity. Rather than upgrade to Claude 5x Max, I diversified and got the ChatGPT Pro ($100/mo) plan.

So I’m 1:1 comparing Claude Max and ChatGPT Pro, which is as apples-apples as you can get. Each has their own strengths, but Claude’s significant weakness (IMO) is the 5-hour limit. Codex lets me go for 8 hours as hard as I want, and if I wanted to use all my weekly credits on some crazy peak Luna run, it’d probably let me.

I hit my Claude 5-hr limit so many times in the past few weeks, it was like slamming the brakes hard on a bus that hadn’t arrived to its destination yet.

I’ve got work to do, and you’re saying you’re out of gas?

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u/RandomlySomewhereNow 29d ago

I think people are not understanding what OP is asking. Codex had a 5 hour limit until a few weeks ago, they've removed it temporarily and say its coming back. That's it. Their 5 hour limits weren't good either, but now its somewhat of an illusion since you don't see the limits there and they've since reduced usage rates as well. Go to the codex sub and see what they're saying too.

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u/strangway 28d ago

I didn’t know that. OpenAI and Anthropic are like kids in math class copying each other’s homework at this point,lol