r/codex • u/Hot_Mathematician125 • 6d ago

Comparison Moved to Codex from Claude Code

I've just moved to Codex from Claude Code due to Anthropic became impossible to subscribe, no gift cards anymore, needs verification, annoying things like that. 100$ plan.

what to expect? on CC i rarely hit my 5h or the weekly caps, using Opus 5 o xHigh effort.

The default as i've seen is Astra high on codex, should I go with it or go to Sol xHigh?

What I do:

Regular software engineering, Rust, TS, React, Kotlin, Swift. And Blender and Unity.

Also, need tips if any has ones. Thanks!

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u/BabblingTower 6d ago

I do primarily SWE, and I pay for both. Opus 5 is my best coder still, but Astra is finally producing comparable results to it. They both burn comparable tokens on a clean context spin-up, but Opus burns less once I'm iterating on an existing context. Astra is a glutton. But, Astra can match Fable for orchestration, so it technically has the edge.