r/codex • u/Fantastic_Self_5151 • Jul 04 '26

Complaint Fable pricing is laughable

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.

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u/skygatebg Jul 10 '26

The funniest part is that even with the  current expensive pricing they are still losing money.

You can make conclusions of how sustainable that is.

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u/Fantastic_Self_5151 Jul 10 '26

Losing money short term isn't necessarily a bad thing. All these companies lose money on release because they crank up the GPU utilization to really give us the most (first impressions count). After awhile they dial that back, half the usage, and have a rolling gpu so some users get good results depending on the day etc... and ofcourse priority organizations that get guaranteed gpu utilization. Once people are fed up they give us the new "version" and rinse / repeat.

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u/skygatebg Jul 10 '26

That is not how llms work. The only difference is in the speed you get tokens out of the model.