Codex pricing
Codex by OpenAI: plans, prices and what the official page says about usage limits.
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | Included credit | What the official page says | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | — | — | Codex for quick coding tasks; GPT-6 Luna at Standard speed in the desktop app, subject to rollout. | Verified Oct 9 |
| Go | $8/mo | — | — | Codex for lightweight coding tasks; GPT-6 Luna at Standard speed in the desktop app, subject to rollout. | Verified Oct 9 |
| Plus | $20/mo | — | — | Codex on the web, in the CLI, IDE extension and iOS; GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna. Official estimate: 15–160 local messages per 5 hours with GPT-6.1 Sol. Extra usage with ChatGPT credits. | Verified Oct 9 |
| Pro | $100/mo | — | — | Everything in Plus. Pro plans currently have no 5-hour limit; weekly limits may apply. | Verified Oct 9 |
| Pro | $200/mo | — | — | Everything in Plus. Pro plans currently have no 5-hour limit; weekly limits may apply. | Verified Oct 9 |
| Pro | $500/mo | — | — | Everything in Plus, plus Ultrafast mode. Pro plans currently have no 5-hour limit; weekly limits may apply. | Verified Oct 9 |
None of these companies publishes how many tokens a plan includes. Usage depends on the model, the size of the task and how much context it carries, and every plan has limits that reset over time. The notes below summarize what each official page says.
The same usage on the API
Subscriptions don't publish token allowances, so we can't say how much work a Codex plan covers. What we can show is what the same usage would cost if you paid per token on the API, next to the plan prices above.
$132.00
API cost per month
Uses each model's API list price and the same formula as the rest of the site (30 days a month; cached input at the cache read price; cache write fees not included). It is not what a subscription would charge.
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Questions
- How much does Codex cost?
- Codex plans: Free, Go $8/mo, Plus $20/mo, Pro $100/mo, Pro $200/mo, Pro $500/mo.
- Do AI coding plans have usage limits?
- Yes. Every plan limits chat and agent usage, and none of these companies publishes the limits as a number of tokens. Claude limits reset every 5 hours with weekly limits on top; Codex publishes estimated message ranges for Plus; GitHub Copilot states the dollar value of the AI credits each plan includes.