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Anthropic Claude Code vs OpenAI Codex vs Google Gemini CLI

“Which terminal coding agent do you trust with a real task?”

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1. Candidate 1

   Anthropic Claude Code

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   Claude Code

   Free plan

   Not in Free plan; included in paid plans

   Pro price

   $17/mo annual ($200 up front); $20/mo monthly

   Max price

   From $100/month; 5x or 20x Pro usage

   Team price

   $20/seat/month billed annually; 2 to 150 seats

   Enterprise price

   $20/seat/month plus usage at API rates

   Platforms

   macOS, Linux, Windows; terminal, web, iOS, Android, VS Code, JetBrains, Slack

   Usage limits

   Rolling 5-hour session window; weekly limits on paid plans

   API access

   Console account, pay-as-you-go at standard API pricing

   Fast mode price

   Opus 5.5: $8/$40 per million tokens (research preview)

   • Launched as a limited research preview on February 24, 2025, announced with Claude 3.7 Sonnet.
   • No separate Claude Code price is published; it is included in paid Claude plans and shares usage limits with chat.
   • Prices exclude applicable tax and are subject to change at Anthropic's discretion.

   Sources: Claude Code – Claude product page (official) · Claude Pricing (official) · Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code – Anthropic (official)

   Checked 2026-10-30

2. Candidate 2

   OpenAI Codex

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   Codex

   Free plan

   $0/month

   Go plan

   $8/month

   Plus plan

   $20/month

   Pro plan

   From $100/month (plans at $100, $200, $500)

   Business plan

   $20/user/month billed annually (2+ users); $25 monthly

   Enterprise & Edu

   Custom pricing; contact sales

   Platforms

   Desktop app, web, CLI, IDE extension, Cloud, iOS

   Models

   GPT-6.1 Sol, GPT-6.1 Terra, GPT-6 Sol, GPT-6 Luna, GPT-6 Astra

   Plus local messages per 5h

   Estimates: Luna 350-3,000; 6.1 Sol 15-160; 6.1 Terra 35-285; Astra 5-45

   API key access

   Yes: CLI, SDK, IDE extension; billed at API rates; no cloud features

   • Free and Go include limited Codex: GPT-6 Luna at Standard speed in the desktop app only, subject to rollout.
   • Plus and Pro users can buy extra ChatGPT credits when they reach usage limits. Pro plans currently have no five-hour…
   • GPT-5.5 retires from Codex with ChatGPT sign-in on October 14, 2026; API-key sessions are not affected.

   Sources: Codex Pricing | ChatGPT Learn (official docs) (official) · Plans and Pricing | ChatGPT (official)

   Checked 2026-10-30

3. Candidate 3

   Google Gemini CLI

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   Gemini CLI

   Free (Google account)

   1,000 requests/user/day (Gemini Code Assist for individuals)

   Free (Gemini API key)

   250 requests/user/day, Flash model only

   Google AI Pro

   1,500 requests/user/day

   Google AI Ultra

   2,000 requests/user/day

   Code Assist Enterprise

   2,000 requests/user/day

   Pay-as-you-go

   Gemini API key or Vertex AI; billed per token/call

   Vertex AI Express Mode

   Free, 90 days before billing must be enabled

   Models offered (named)

   gemini-3.8-flash, gemini-3.5-flash, gemini-3.1-pro-preview, gemini-3.1-flash-lite, gemma-4-31b-it

   Usage check

   /stats model command shows token usage and limits

   • Unpaid tier and Google One users were moved to Antigravity CLI on June 18, 2026; the quota page still lists these…
   • Gemini CLI has not been optimized for Gemini 4 Argon; the official site directs users to Antigravity for it.
   • Google AI Plus and Workspace AI Standard/Plus/Expanded tiers are listed as not supported for CLI use.

   Sources: Gemini CLI home page (official) · Gemini CLI quotas and pricing (official) · Gemini CLI plans (official) · Gemini CLI configuration reference (official) · Gemini CLI model selection (/model) (official)

   Checked 2026-10-30

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