OpenAI Codex Tested: $20 Subscription Yields $1,000+ in API Credits
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-07-20
A user shared an incredible cost-performance experience using OpenAI Codex: for a mere $20 monthly fee, they consumed over 355 million tokens across 3,900 requests.
If billed at standard API prices, this usage would cost around $750 to $1,250. The user joked that this was essentially an extreme stress test on the subscription service.
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