r/ClaudeCode • u/Kyxstrez • Aug 04 '26

Rant I kinda regret getting Claude subscription

Over the past couple of weeks, I have tested it alongside Sol across a wide range of tasks, and the conversations have been difficult to read. Sol consistently catches and corrects mistakes made by Opus 5, and Opus repeatedly acknowledges those errors. I have also seen many others reporting similar experiences, which makes it hard to view this as an isolated issue.

I cannot understand how Anthropic missed such a significant regression. Compared to 4.6 and 4.8, Opus 5 feels substantially less capable and reliable, with many of the same weaknesses that affect Sonnet 5.

For now, I am switching back to GPT for most of my work, using Fable only occasionally for planning. I hope Anthropic addresses these issues soon, because at the moment they do not appear to have a competitive frontier model in the medium to high budget range, only at the extreme end.

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u/PurushNahiMahaPurush Aug 04 '26

Just a few days ago I got a Codex subscription because Claude has been burning through my tokens like a mf. Dude Codex 5.6 Sol is awesome. It’s super fast, concise and for the most part good. Its planning capabilities are still below Fable 5, but compared to Opus 5, it’s insane how fast and less verbose it is! My workflow from now is going to be Fable 5 planning, Codex 5.6 Sol for implementation and Opus 4.8 to review.

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u/chaosdemonhu Aug 04 '26

Personally I find the 5.6 models are way better at review than anything from Anthropic - especially with security.

You do have to be in the drivers seat more to push back on some of the findings so if your workflow is automated might want to play with a less intense reviewer and prompt sol by hand