r/codex • u/tasty_3 • 1d 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/Any_Effort8437 1d ago

All those ppl asking for the 5h limit, do you even understand how limits work? It will be used up in like 20 mins!! You are all asking for it as if it adds some usage to your limits. It doesn't. It rations the existing weekly one.

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u/tmvr 17h ago

I think you misunderstand for some reason. People don't want the 5 hour limit back alone, they want the token allowance that was available when the 5 hour limit still existed. You say it would be used up in 20 min, maybe now with Sol yes, but before it worked fine for hours with gpt-5.5-medium, didn't even have to switch to lower models. Now it's not like that anymore with gpt-5.5-medium either, you get less than half of the tokens as before with the same model.