Now the clear alternative to Claude Code is Codex.
It has a real integration with IDE, not a wrapper around CLI.
Cheaper with only $20/month you have access to the latest model, compared to Opus, you need the $100/month subscription
And, this model is built for Coding 😮
We’re releasing GPT-5-Codex — a version of GPT-5 further optimized for agentic coding in Codex.
Available in the Codex CLI, IDE Extension, web, mobile, and for code reviews in Github.
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