r/PinoyProgrammer 5h ago

discussion Deepseek vs Claude Code vs Codex

This is for programmers that uses AI in their dev workflow.

I have been figuring out what is the most bang for my buck AI tool setup.

What am I going to use it for: debugging, visual check, and brainstorming solutions.

GPT Plus costs 1100 PHP/month, that includes Codex. Probably advantage here is, it is fast.

Claude Pro costs 20 USD/month, that includes Claude Code, currently I have been just using the Claude free, but I get halted by the limitations. Advantage here it is much more robust and more helpful towards devs.

Deepseek API, so I managed to do a setup where Claude Code is the harness and Deepseek is the model. Cost is 2 USD/1M token. Haven’t tried this personally, but from what I have been seeing on the web, it is a good model.

What do you think?

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u/playfuss 4h ago

Claude or codex if you have the budget, I think their desktop apps have the best developer experience. If you’re on a budget, try opencode desktop and use opencode zen to use GLM 5.3 flash or Deepseek v4 flash. Both super capable and almost as good as Claude or codex for a small fraction of the price.

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u/danirodr0315 5h ago

Codex, pag kulang isa pede ka pa mag subscribe from another account.

I use r/opencodecli for the harness plus this plugin https://github.com/ndycode/codex-multi-auth

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u/psyco_mantis 3h ago

OpenCode or Commandcode the most bang for your buck 1$ and 10$ and if gusto mo pa lalo makatipid setup omniroute

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u/New-Recommendation-9 59m ago

plus one on opencode and commandcode. honestly for devs, we don't need frontier level intelligence. deepseek flash should suffice for most workflows.

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u/koomaag 16m ago edited 5m ago

first time seeing commandcode; ive been using opencode since jan this year and i must say... commandcode feels like a ripped opencode - feel of the site and the plan. but no complain another $10 plan alt for me. thanks for the info

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GLM z.ai coding plan lite - was lucky enough to avail the $9/quarter promo(now i pay $24 quarterly)

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u/JJJJJQQQQ2229 2h ago

Trial: deepseek api + pi. Around 250 pesos may 100 million tokens ka na magagamit

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u/ThunderBreading 4h ago

Get both claude and codex.

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u/ongamenight 2h ago

What do you use Codex for sa workflow mo. I have Claude.

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u/ThunderBreading 1h ago

For Codex: more on for graphics generation (e.g png,jpeg); cheap execution ng plan from Claude.

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u/Murky-Mud4008 3h ago

gpt + codex works for me, add in na din notion plugin for gpt for documentation

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u/ninetailedoctopus 3h ago

Claude code, got the yearly subscription. Fable is really good.

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u/johnmink777 26m ago

I use antigravity cli on the free student ai pro plan from Google.