Users allege Astra's Codex quota accounting consumes 4-5x Sol's allowance, not 2.5x
Medical-Yam3367 · reddit · 2026-09-06
Users across Chinese-language communities (Linux.do, NodeSeek) report a possible discrepancy in Astra's Codex subscription quota accounting — not just fast burn, but consumption exceeding what its published pricing implies.
- Published rates: Astra is priced at 2.5x Sol for input, cached input, and output tokens — that premium is expected.
- The anomaly: one user reports roughly 1.8x overage relative to API-priced usage; another finds the same five-hour window equals $18 of Sol usage but only $10 of Astra usage (valued at each model's API rates), consistent across four accounts.
- Aggregate: if accurate, the effective difference is 2.5 × 1.8 = 4.5x rather than 2.5x. Other data points: a Linux.do thread estimates 4-5x Sol's quota with cache hit rates of 97-98% for both models; a six-account third-party tracking comparison finds an extra 1.4-1.6x; a NodeSeek thread suggests a 1.6x accounting correction.
Related event: Users report Astra quota burning far faster than expected(2 posts)→
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