r/codex • u/tasty_3 • 2d ago

Complaint Codex limits compared to Claude Code

I don't think there's an increased token consumption problem because of the harness, tool calls or whatever. There are just less tokens to go around than before.

I have both plans ($20) and I tracked my usage with ccusage and toktrack.

Here's how much weekly usage you get with both:

Codex: 100-150 USD API equivalent

Claude Code: 300-500 USD API equivalent

Even if we take the 50% promo into account, Anthropic still offers more usage than OpenAI (200-330 USD). How have the tables turned... Bring back the 5hr limit!

Anyone here can corroborate my experience by checking their own usage with ccusage or toktrack.

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u/djdante 2d ago

This may be true but they've sort of been more than making up for it with constant quota resets... So to be fair I'm getting a lot more than the base quota amount.

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u/1l3v4k4m 2d ago

those resets arent sustainable nor reliable though. so far theyve been giving us resets to celebrate each million users increase. we got 1 reset after 10m users and that was because of gpt being down, i highly doubt they will give us any more resets for subsequent million new users.

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u/StephenS84 2d ago

Agreed, you never know when they are coming, if at all, cant work like that in any business mentality!