--- title: So I maxed out the Codex $20/m plan. I'm close to... description: A developer shares their experience hitting the limits of OpenAI Codex's $20/month plan and nearly maxing out the $200/month Claude Code plan. After trying... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/so-i-maxed-out-the-codex-20-m-plan-i-m-close-to-maxing-out-200-m-cc-plan-and-still-1-5d-left--tibvlrmos twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: So I maxed out the Codex $20/m plan. I'm close to maxing out $200/m CC plan (and still 1.5d left). So I gave Cursor a spin and gotta say it's actually nice to read the changes and be able to react to them on the fly instead of reviewing it after it's all done. Also I like how Cursor works in some ways and I think I might use it for UI-related stuff more. 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I feel like every model/product has a different use case for me. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [Filip Kowalski](https://daily.dev/sources/filippkowalski) [Read on](https://api.daily.dev/r/tIbVlrmoS) Feb 23•From x.com  Filip Kowalski @filippkowalski So I maxed out the Codex $20/m plan. I'm close to maxing out $200/m CC plan (and still 1.5d left). So I gave Cursor a spin and gotta say it's actually nice to read the changes and be able to react to them on the fly instead of reviewing it after it's all done. Also I like how Cursor works in some ways and I think I might use it for UI-related stuff more. I feel like every model/product has a different use case for me. Comment Bookmark Copy Share your thoughtsPost [](https://daily.dev/sources/filippkowalski) [Filip Kowalski](https://daily.dev/sources/filippkowalski "https://daily.dev/sources/filippkowalski") 0 Followers • 2 Upvotes #### Would you recommend this post? 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