Real Bill Comparison: Claude Code Costs $6.7k/mo, 18x More Than Codex
iannuttall · x · 2026-08-11
A developer shared a real-world comparison of token consumption and costs between two major AI coding assistants over the past 30 days:
- OpenAI Codex: Consumed 525 million tokens, costing around $372, handling roughly 90% of the developer's daily tasks.
- Claude Code: Consumed a massive 6.2 billion tokens, costing approximately $6,700.
The data reveals that Claude Code consumes nearly 12x the tokens of Codex and costs 18x as much, highlighting significant cost differences between the tools in actual workflows.
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