Dev: Codex quota gone in a day, Claude Max feels unlimited at the same price
weswinder · x · 2026-10-17
A developer says there's "legit zero reason" to use Codex now: he burns through his weekly Pro quota in a single day, while Claude Max feels unlimited at the same price—and with Opus 5.5 as the best overall model in his view, he never reaches for Codex or xAI's offerings. A data point suggesting Anthropic is outcompeting OpenAI on coding-subscription value.
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