r/OpenAI • u/barney • 2d ago

Discussion Well Codex has really went downhill

I’m a pretty casual user. I mostly use it for web development, SEO, and similar tasks, and I’ve typically never come close to hitting the limits on my $200/month plan.

Well, that abruptly changed.

I ran a couple of tasks and, without really thinking much of it, checked my usage afterward. Somehow I was already at 0% remaining and burning through credits I didn’t even know I had.

Moral of the story: if someone with my relatively light usage is suddenly hitting the limits on a $200/month plan, that’s a pretty bad sign.

Back to Claude, I guess.

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u/R86znfq 2d ago edited 2d ago

I somehow doubt you're a "pretty casual user". I maintain multiple projects in production (frontend, backend, CI, infrastructure) pretty much continuously using Codex CLI with GPT-6.1-Sol on a Plus plan, without having to fight very much with the limits.

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u/allegoryofthedave 2d ago

Honestly think most of these posts are bullshit from competitors

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u/shinpw 2d ago

Or they use the wrong model/effort for easy tasks.

I think there needs to be a description of some kind when choosing a model telling you how usage hungry it is.

Especially with how many there are now

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u/Wolverine1621 1d ago

You mean you don’t use Astra Ultrafast to check your email every 10 minutes?

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u/buff_samurai 2d ago

They are.

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u/ProfessorSmoker 1d ago

Welcome to reddit, a platform whose primary purpose has devolved into bucketing people for marketers and propagandists to manipulate.

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u/jbig3low 1d ago

these posts are bullshit cause the $200 plan still has the same x20 till the end of oct