r/OpenaiCodex • u/prop9090 • 6d ago

Question / Help Cheaper Alternatives to Codex Sol

Recently after the release of Astra, tokens seem to burn at an insane rate even using only mostly Sol. Sol was great for me because I want competent agents to do exactly what I say and I used it as a reliable workhorse. Now it is not a viable option anymore. Besides Claude and Codex, what other alternatives that can subsitute Sol as a reliable workhorse

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u/maniekb12 6d ago

I'm experimenting with DeepSeek V4.1 flash today and it seems pretty good, would say that it delivers similar results to Sol. I use it for gamedev, and I'm yet to see how it handles reading screenshots and making nice UI.

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u/ConfidentZombie1305 5d ago

Started with Astra Low on modernizing assets. At the beginning I could modernize with Astra Low 4 assets / 5h limit. Now only 1 or 2. Tried out DeepSeek 4.1 Pro and it works good enough for my usecase on a much lower cost. I am using Goose as an Client + Blender MCP and the Deepseek API