Claude Code vs Codex CLI

Comparing two coding tools models: features, pricing, pros and cons.

	Claude Code	Codex CLI
Provider	Anthropic	OpenAI
Pricing	$20–200/mo	$20–200/mo
Quality	9.6/10	9.5/10
Speed	7.8/10	8.2/10
Ease of use	7.5/10	7.5/10
Value	4/10	5/10
Tasks	Coding	Coding
Pros	+ Best for deep refactors + Strong terminal agent	+ Terminal-Bench leader + Tied to GPT-5.6
Cons	− Expensive on Max − Enterprise price sensitivity	− Less IDE integration than Cursor

Claude Code

Terminal agent on Opus 4.8 / Sonnet 5. Pro $20/mo, Max 20× $200/mo. Top for deep refactors.

OpenAI terminal agent on GPT-5.6 Sol/Terra/Luna. Terminal-Bench 2.1 leader.