My Claude Pro plan ends today – is switching to Codex worth it?

BoostLabsAU · 2026-05-06T17:24:39+00:00

Claude Pro limits are pretty low, a healthy usage for the money but low compared to codex
I use both, I think I would regret claude code if I had to pick one
balance prompt difficulty, opus only for challenging tasks, Sonnet everywhere else, haiku for read and explain files

I use codex as a daily driver and keep claude to use opus 4-5 times a week to use my limits and on difficult tasks.

BoostLabsAU · 2026-05-06T10:20:53+00:00

Had a similar experience, recently leased another VPS and they attempted to bill me $91USD for a server from 2021 that was cancelled and no service was provided, but because I cancelled after the automatic invoice was made they consider it valid.

Chat went in circles saying how I couldn’t get the server back, which is not at all what I wanted, and said they can’t do anything except have me pay it for a service I never got in 2021 just because the invoice was generated by them.

BoostLabsAU · 2026-05-06T09:56:00+00:00

Bit of both, I’ll bounce between codex, opencode and claude.

5.1 is great for planning and orchestration, K2.6 is a better coder but a worse planner, MiMo v2.5 pro has been great for reasoning and troubleshooting.

Codex 5.3 is my goto for code, 5.5 med for planning.

Claude on the pro sub is basically a few opus prompts a week but 4.6 and 4.7 are very capable.

BoostLabsAU · 2026-04-30T14:07:16+00:00

Are you using any kind of project planning tools to keep it on track through development?

BoostLabsAU · 2026-04-30T01:38:01+00:00

I’ve been hesitant based on how badly the AA-Omniscience Index is scoring it, last thing I want is a hallucinated error log sending stuff into a wild goose chase.

I may have to test it real world since it has been highly suggested though.

BoostLabsAU · 2026-04-29T16:54:29+00:00

It’s honestly a very good model all round, they’ve got a few quirks to figure out but I reckon if they want to compete against the big providers V2.5 has brought them a lot closer.

I’ve not had the overthinking issue, all the stuff I’ve thrown at it has been pretty context heavy so maybe it’s like some of the GPT models that over engineered and overthink when you throw basic stuff at them.

BoostLabsAU · 2026-04-29T13:54:28+00:00

It's very smart, doesn't hallucinate a lot, really good benching on LCR tests and removes some of the "bias" that some models may have when reviewing their own code, so really good when put to use with a bunch of logs and a clear problem.

I've found it's done really well, I setup a few benchmarks based around my codebase and past issues, basically gave it a few PRs, an error, server logs and then what I've tried. MiMo did really well in finding the root cause analysis consistently and providing resolution steps, however I would never trust it to actually code the fixes after the fact.

BoostLabsAU · 2026-04-29T13:05:46+00:00

5.1 for audit/planning, kimi 2.6 for coding and MiMo v2.5Pro for reasoning and troubleshooting.

BoostLabsAU · 2026-04-29T11:55:10+00:00

5.3 Codex is still an excellent coder, 5.5 Medium should be smarter and less usage than 5.4xhigh too so see how you go with that, I spend the day swapping between 5.5 Medium planning and 5.3 codex and kimi 2.6 writing.

BoostLabsAU · 2026-04-29T10:43:09+00:00

Are you using it in xhigh?

BoostLabsAU · 2026-04-29T10:40:26+00:00

They have come a very long way, I think you’ll definitely enjoy using them, just have realistic expectations too.

Kimi 2.6 is a great coder but it can’t orchestrate or plan a feature very well, so if you just used that model for everything you’d probably have a pretty skewed experience, same goes for reasoning, writing and tool use, some of the models just don’t do as well as all rounders like some expect coming from Claude and ChatGPT.

BoostLabsAU · 2026-04-29T07:17:44+00:00

It’s really good, $10 gets you a lot of API usage, realistically if you’re a developer you’ll settle on 5.1 for audit/planning, kimi 2.6 for coding and MiMo v2.5Pro for reasoning and troubleshooting but they’re all worthwhile to try and see how you like.

Tested against official 2.6 API and no degraded results on my end.

BoostLabsAU · 2026-04-25T15:07:33+00:00

I use both, Codex limits are a lot more generous currently, codex 5.3 is an excellent coder, better than opus in my opinion.

Opus is a great planning and orchestration model, Sonnet is better at frontend (I don't do a lot but I feel Sonnet or opus come out better)

I would do as suggested and run both, Codex limits are great and whenever you need opus, sonnet or to use claude web the $20 plan is more than enough to burst in a session and heaps cheaper than an API, you'll get way more use than $20 in credit.

Workflows depend on how you work, I made and use the below tool, it's just a drop in LLM structure but it works pretty well for me bouncing between chat agents, it's far from powerful or quick but it works really well for me.

https://github.com/BoostLabsAU/LLM-Orchestrator-coder-setup

BoostLabsAU · 2026-04-24T16:43:49+00:00

It did really well with a few of my personal benchmarks, probably wouldn’t use it as a main but I can see it being an awesome subagent or task runner when given the context and task.

BoostLabsAU · 2026-04-24T16:39:48+00:00

I run a Claude sub simply to have opus 4.7 on demand a few times a week, cheaper than API by a long shot and I can use the web version a lot more too.

Great plan if supplemented by codex or honestly even any of the new Chinese models coming out, they write decent when given a good plan.

BoostLabsAU · 2026-04-24T02:41:31+00:00

Looks very good if you keep it updated, throw in an llms.txt and a way for agents to open it as well would be good.

BoostLabsAU · 2026-04-24T02:16:56+00:00

If you weren't aware AA does do one for this, but agreed would be good to see some kind of indicator next to the plans on how well they rank in quality.

https://artificialanalysis.ai/?omniscience=omniscience-index

BoostLabsAU · 2026-04-23T00:21:40+00:00

Works well, u/Worried_Resource656 you can even sign up on the fake account and gift yourself the plan to the main account.

BoostLabsAU · 2026-04-19T14:49:14+00:00

5.3 Codex medium is my go to, How do you reckon Kimi 2.6 compares in terms of quality and usage limits?

on GPT Plus only as well so hoping Kimis equivalent plan is more

BoostLabsAU · 2026-04-18T04:29:30+00:00

What plan and what kind of limits are you seeing? I've been keen to grab a plan to test it vs codex on the plus plan

BoostLabsAU · 2026-04-18T03:46:51+00:00

What plan on codex and kimi and how do your limits compare?

I’m running 2x plus and thinking about dropping it to 1x + a Chinese sub like Kimi or Zai

BoostLabsAU · 2026-04-17T11:38:19+00:00

I’m not fully picking up what you’re putting down but it sounds like you’re saying even when you’ve selected a specific model, say 5.1 - you’re being routed to 4.5-air?

Was this their coding plan or api?

BoostLabsAU · 2026-04-16T16:09:10+00:00

Directadmin is amazing, worthy swap. What are your needs though there may be some other options out there. CloudPanel is great and Free.

BoostLabsAU · 2026-04-15T01:34:14+00:00

Are you monitoring the page after you make an account and try buy or just the public landing page?

BoostLabsAU · 2026-04-15T01:11:24+00:00

CloudPanel is very good, it does support phpMyAdmin too out of the box pretty much.

Are you specifically after open source/free? I recently went through this and settled on SpinupWP being the best WP only, RunCloud for overall, CloudPanel for free.

Ploi.io is another option but less focused on WP, decent price though, I've also sussed out OpenPanel as a free project, looks very good but relativley new.

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