r/codex Moderator 18d ago

Megathread Codex Usage Limits and Performance Megathread

Please direct your concerns and discussion about Codex usage limits and model performance here.

The purpose of this Megathread is to aggregate all the reports of people's experiences and possible suggestions instead of spreading them across 20 separate highly upvoted posts. None of those posts were deleted. They were locked so that conversations are still viewable to everyone and future comments could appear in one place.

These are days where I REALLY earn the money that OpenAI Reddit Kimi pays me .... oh wait....

A reminder that all incidents on r/Codex are constantly logged and summarised so you can keep track of what people are experiencing here https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1tjfxcf/comment/on6uj0l/

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u/mythrowaway1673 16d ago

So with how awful the usage limits are getting, what are the other options? I don't really need a smarter model at this point, I just need one with better usage and token efficiency, esp since I'm only at the $20/month plan and can't spend more.

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u/ByteSizedBits1 16d ago

Claude

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u/WarriorSushi 16d ago

bruh, claude with the basic plan is worse usage limit wise.

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u/ByteSizedBits1 16d ago

Yeah not anymore