Real-world test: $20 Codex plan only yields ~12.5 hours of generation per week
tristanbob · x · 2026-11-06
Developer tristanbob measured what $20 of Codex actually buys: roughly 2.5–3 hours of continuous generation per session, or about 5 sessions (12.5 hours) per week. He thinks that's fine for a typical 9-to-5 worker, but falls well short for heavy users.
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