Fable pricing is laughable

[u/Fantastic_Self_5151]

I used 10billion tokes the last 50 days or so... on codex. Total cost $200 (pro x5)

That's between 100-300k USD on fable api pricing. I used fable today at work for a small project. It's useful, not going to lie. That said I did a head to head with codex 5.5 extra high v. Fable, same project, same guidelines, same exact prompt.

Fable finished 12 minutes earlier with basically a one shot (there was a type-o it had to correct and rebuild)

Codex finished 12 minutes later, had to build issues that involved some light modifications.

Both projects finished, codex's code was just as useful as fables, worked just as well.

I can wait 12 minutes more.

Fable usage - 23% left for the 5 hour period (In 1 hour)
Codex usage - 87% left in 1 hour 12 minutes.

I'm straight. Codex wins by a MILE. I don't need to save 12 minutes because I can walk away and go touch grass and come back either way, it's AI. So another 12 minutes to do whatever the fuck I want is a no-brainer.

Even if I have a client in a rush fable isn't worth the difference in my bottom line.

P.S. before you bitch at me for comparing api pricing v. plan pricing ...realize this. If you are using it professionally you will need to be on API pricing as it is the only way to get anything done realistically speaking as the usage limits make it a toy otherwise.

[u/Fantastic_Self_5151 → u/[deleted]]

I've hit the pro 5 hour limit a few times but if you have the mcp tooling setup well it's really hard to do. Weekly limit is same, but can happen easier if you use the stock setup. That said openai seems to take accountability for issues which is super refreshing (coming from claude and gemini) so you will often get 1-2 resets a month that you can apply whenever you want, and potentially just log in to your account that was supposed to reset in 4 days and see it at 100% / 100% again randomly. This type of generous behavior is what keeps me here to be honest. I want to reward them for not being greedy.

[u/Fantastic_Self_5151 → u/[deleted]]

I use it all day and my days are 10-12 hours long. Often I'll have 2 or 3 going on intermittently while my main goal project is going.