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Codex

OpenAIWeb · CLI · IDE 外掛

OpenAI's coding agent, able to run tasks in parallel in the cloud and return diffs

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Good for

  • Offloading parallelisable tasks to the cloud
  • Reviewable output in diff form
  • Teams already in the OpenAI ecosystem

Not for

  • Fully offline or self-hosted model requirements
  • Anyone unwilling to hand a codebase to an external cloud

We deliberately put “not for” on the same screen — a review that only lists strengths carries no information.

Pricing

SubscriptionNo free tier

Included with paid ChatGPT plans, plus usage-based API billing; see the official site.

Amounts not yet manually verified. The above is a qualitative description of the billing model — defer to the official site for numbers.
Official pricing page

Junze editorial rating

Capability
44/5
Ease of use
44/5
Cost value
33/5
Privacy control
22/5

Editorial opinion, not an aggregated user rating. Data last verified: 2026-09-29.

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This page is an editorial summary, not an official page. Trademarks and product names belong to their respective owners. If anything here is wrong or out of date, tell us and we will correct it. Last verified: 2026-09-29.