1 reviewed record · 0 benchmark observations · capture dates not recorded
Inspect the evidenceOpenAI Codex
Cloud and local coding agent
No editorial score yet — missing data is not a low score
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Where this comes fromAutonomous coding agents peer board is provisional. No quality rank is published until the declared evidence basket clears. Method AIS-V2
At a glance
3 facts- Provider
- OpenAI
- Type
- AI tool
- Pricing notes
- Free tier; $8–$200/mo via ChatGPT plans
Not recorded yet: access, Lifecycle and reviewed evidence records. Gaps stay visible as gaps; nothing is filled in or estimated.
Compared with
OpenAI Codex sits with Cursor (Autonomous coding agents: Delegate implementation, testing and pull-request work) and Claude Code (Autonomous coding agents: Delegate implementation, testing and pull-request work). Same-job peers are listed together; this profile does not name a winner. Best AI coding tools by job
FAQ
What is OpenAI Codex?
OpenAI Codex is an AI tool by OpenAI. Catalogue job: Cloud and local coding agent. Coding agent for delegated repository work across cloud, CLI, IDE, and app surfaces.
How does OpenAI Codex compare with Cursor and Claude Code?
OpenAI Codex is listed for Autonomous coding agents (“Delegate implementation, testing and pull-request work”). Cursor is listed for Autonomous coding agents (“Delegate implementation, testing and pull-request work”); its catalogue best-for is Professional engineers running agent fleets on large codebases. Claude Code is listed for Autonomous coding agents (“Delegate implementation, testing and pull-request work”); its catalogue best-for is Engineers automating multi-file frontend work and PR review. Method AIS-V2 compares peers by job. This page does not pick a winner.
What does OpenAI Codex cost?
Documented catalogue note: Free tier; $8–$200/mo via ChatGPT plans. Plan terms change. This is a captured note, not a live invoice, and price is not a ranking input.
Evidence & conditions
- Codex pricing
developers.openai.comDate not recorded - Codex repository
github.comDate not recorded - Codex overview
openai.comDate not recorded
No comparable benchmark observations are recorded for this entry.
Reviewed records
ev-openai-codex-pricing-2026-09-06 price
- conflict State
- none
- construct
- price.subscription_and_api_access
- entity Id
- openai-codex
- entity Type
- product
- entity Version Id
- openai-codex@2026-09-06
- evidence Type
- price
- id
- ev-openai-codex-pricing-2026-09-06
- independence
- C
- observed At
- 2026-09-06
- peer Group
- autonomous_coding_agent
- published At
- Not documented
- publisher
- OpenAI
- quality Tier
- high
- reproducibility
- A
- review State
- approved
- scope
- Published Codex access through ChatGPT plans and API-key usage
- source Excerpt
- Codex access is listed through a free tier, ChatGPT subscription plans and API usage.
- source Type
- first_party_pricing
- source Url
- https://developers.openai.com/codex/pricing
- state
- verified
- supporting Source Urls
- ["https://github.com/openai/codex"]
- unit
- access_model
- value
- Free tier; ChatGPT plans from 8 to 200 USD/month; API usage option
Source reports, measured results, and editorial assessments are separate evidence types. Source dates do not imply a new benchmark run. Capture dates are shown when recorded; otherwise we say the capture date was not recorded. Recorded dates are compared with this catalogue snapshot (Sep 11, 2026), not today’s date.
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