Codex
A software engineering agent that runs tasks in parallel sandboxes and opens pull requests.
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Codex vs Tongyi Lingma
Codex (OpenAI) and Tongyi Lingma (Alibaba) both sit in Coding. Tongyi Lingma is the cheaper entry point at Free to use for individuals, enterprise plans offer free onboarding/trials.. Tongyi Lingma shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (9 vs 8). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Codex OpenAI | Tongyi Lingma Alibaba |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Coding | Coding |
| Version | Codex | 2.0 |
| Entry cost | from $20/mo | Free to use for individuals, enterprise plans offer free onboarding/trials. |
| Pricing tiers | Plus $20 · Pro $200 · Business $25 · API free | Individual Plan / 个人版 free · Enterprise Plan / 企业版 free |
| 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 | Qwen · Qwen3-Coder · Tongyi Qianwen · Tongyi Qwen |
| Context window | 400K tokens | 1M tokens (repo indexing) |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 8 | 9 |
| Origin | Global | China |
| Capabilities | Codex CLI, Codex IDE extension, Codex cloud, Codex Micro, Code review, Security workbench, Code generation, Codex Security | Agent mode, Repo-level context, Unit test generation, Qoder IDE, Code completion, AI chat, Multi-file editing, Image to code |
Tongyi Lingma
IDE plugin plus agent mode built on Qwen-Coder, widely deployed inside Chinese enterprises.
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