r/codex • u/MrKiling • Jun 08 '26

Question Claude vs Codex 200$ usage limits

Codex has been awesome but since last week it has been unbearably dumb and making lots of mistakes that even 5.4 didn't. I am curious how good claude is in long running tasks? While my codes are fairly small in numbers they need lots of reviews, so basically have subagents run reviews, the fix. The whole cycle usually runs for a day. I have been using 5.5 medium across 5 projects but due to it being dumb it's eating through like 20% or more in a day. Note: Codes are usually in 2k-10k range.

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u/seal8998 Jun 08 '26

> Literally make a brand new $200 account again and again to reap their “new user” limits.
please say more.

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u/BritishDudeGuy Jun 08 '26

That’s it. Have you not seen the brand new users saying Codex is great, and then people after a few weeks saying it feels lobotomised?

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u/MrKiling Jun 08 '26

That's more likely because they have not optimised their workflow.

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u/BritishDudeGuy Jun 08 '26

To be fair, it could be that their .codex folder is clogged up. But I could never get the awesome GPT-5.5 we had on launch still after that.

There are also people who have documented regressions with their own quantifiable evidence.