Long time user of Codex here, I was a stuck up for OpenAI because so much of my workflow, code, projects, etc. were on Codex, so it felt hard to move on from Codex. Then I installed Claude Code just to try it and see how it faired on one of the projects I was working at. And oh my god. The usage is SO much better on Claude, I feel like I’m getting MUCH more for my buck. All the talks about how “1 ChatGPT token is not the same as 1 Claude token” and how GPT is a lot more efficient with tokens, are a complete sham. Because even if all of those are true, like how Opus 5.5 is a lot more expensive than Astra when you compare the price per tokens, so much of that cost is subsidized on Claude, I feel like I’m scamming Anthropic atp. The workflow with Claude is such a pleasure to work with. Predictable usage patterns, predictable output, wrap-up after running out of usage, automatic continuation, a bunch of commands that can be ran mid-prompt, a lot more info on everything basically. All of these make it so fun to work with. Codex is blown out of the water on all of these accounts. The quality of the output. Claude 5.5 Opus has completely blown me away with the quality that I only use Astra as an additional “agent” now, and then just feeding Astra’s output into Claude for it to check its work. You win Anthropic, you win. I am permanently switching. submitted by /u/No-Stick-688
Originally posted by u/No-Stick-688 on r/ClaudeCode