OpenAI Codex
Repository-level software work across local and cloud agent surfaces
OpenAI coding agent for repository work across desktop, cloud, CLI, IDE, mobile and code-review workflows.
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About OpenAI Codex
Codex is included with eligible ChatGPT plans and shares usage, credits and limits with ChatGPT Work. Individual access ranges from Free and Go to Plus and two Pro capacity tiers. Business has published annual and monthly seat prices; Enterprise and Edu are sales-led or credit-based. API-key use is a separate path for CLI, SDK and IDE automation, billed at the selected model's API token rates and without Codex cloud integrations such as hosted code review or Slack.
✅ Pros
- +Free evaluation tier
- +Desktop, cloud, CLI and IDE workflows
- +Published individual and Business prices
- +Cloud code review integrations
- +Separate API-key automation path
❌ Cons
- −Usage varies by task and model
- −Work and Codex share the same allowance
- −API and ChatGPT billing are separate
- −Cloud chats can consume more allowance
- −Autonomous changes require review and repository controls
Pricing Plans
Explore Codex on quick coding tasks with plan-dependent limits.
Lightweight coding tasks with higher access than Free and plan-dependent usage.
Codex across web, CLI, IDE extension and iOS, cloud integrations and purchasable additional ChatGPT credits.
Everything in Plus with roughly five times the Plus Codex usage allocation and access to eligible Pro-only previews.
Everything in Plus with roughly twenty times the Plus Codex usage allocation. Codex tasks remain usage-limited even where another feature is described as unlimited.
Two-user minimum; dedicated workspace, administration, SAML SSO, MFA and flexible additional credits.
Current monthly-billing option for the Business workspace.
Enterprise controls, priority processing, audit and compliance capabilities; usage terms depend on contract and flexible-pricing configuration.
CLI, SDK or IDE use billed by the selected API model. Cloud-based Codex integrations are not included in API-key mode.
Prices are public list prices before tax and may vary by country, billing term, and workspace. Last verified 2026-08-25. Official pricing source →
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Quick Info
- Pricing
- freemium
- Category
- ai-agents
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5.0
- Last Reviewed
- 2026-08-25T00:00:00+00:00
💰 Pricing Breakdown
Official OpenAI Codex pricing verified 2026-08-25. Free is $0, Go $8/month, Plus $20/month, Pro 5x $100/month and Pro 20x $200/month. Business is $20/user/month billed annually for 2+ users or $25 monthly. Enterprise/Edu are custom or flexible-credit plans. ChatGPT Work and Codex share usage. API-key use is separately metered at current API model rates; task cost varies with model, context, reasoning, tools and output.
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