Codex
A software engineering agent that runs tasks in parallel sandboxes and opens pull requests.
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Codex vs Claude Code
Codex (OpenAI) and Claude Code (Anthropic) both sit in Coding. Claude Code shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (17 vs 8). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Codex OpenAI | Claude Code Anthropic |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Coding | Coding |
| Version | Codex | stable |
| Entry cost | from $20/mo | from $20/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Plus $20 · Pro $200 · Business $25 · API free | Claude Pro (Includes Claude Code) $20 · Claude Team (Includes Claude Code) $25 |
| Model stack | 5.6 Sol · GPT-4 · GPT-5.2 · GPT-5.2-Codex · GPT-5.4 · GPT-5.6 · GPT-5.6 Luna · GPT-5.6 Sol · GPT-5.6 Terra · GPT-6 Astra · GPT-Live · gpt-oss | Claude 3.5 Sonnet · Fable 5 · Fable 5.1 · Haiku · Haiku 4.5 · Opus · Opus 5 · Sonnet · Sonnet 3.5 · Sonnet 5 |
| Context window | 400K tokens | 200k |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 8 | 17 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Codex CLI, Codex IDE extension, Codex cloud, Codex Micro, Code review, Security workbench, Code generation, Codex Security | Terminal agent, Repo-wide edits, Subagents, MCP servers, Hooks, Background tasks, Agentic coding CLI, VS Code extension |
Claude Code
A terminal-native coding agent that reads, edits and runs code across a whole repository.
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