Comment by wahnfrieden
Comment by wahnfrieden a day ago
Why are so many still using CC and not Codex
Comment by wahnfrieden a day ago
Why are so many still using CC and not Codex
Which features are preferable to higher quality output?
Losing access to GPT 5 Pro is also a big hit… it is by far the best for reading full files/repos and creating plans (though it also by far has the worst out of the box tooling)
CC has better agent tools and is faster. The ability to switch from plan mode to execution mode and back is huge. Toggling thinking also. And of course they are innovating all of these agentic features like MCP, sub-agents, skills, etc...
Codex writes higher quality code, but is slower and less feature rich. I imagine this will change within months. The jury is still out. Exciting times!
I guess I don’t understand wanting faster and worse for much work, and some of the features like subagents are dubious or like skills and planning mode are minor conveniences over skill files mentioned by agents.md and toggling read only mode or using a plan file. After all those latter features are just conveniences for assembling context.
Maybe CC users haven’t figured out how to parallelize their work because it’s fast enough to just wait or be distracted, and so the Codex waiting seems unbearable.
I use both at the same time. CC seems to have better access to web and researching capabilities compared to Codex. Maybe I'm not using Codex right or missing something, but it has frequent troubles browsing internet. Also Claude Code is faster. So I use it when I know it can handle the task.
What features are preferable to better output quality? (Since you didn’t mention output quality as superior)
If you have no modifications or customization of Claude code then it comes down to a preference for proactivity (codex) or a bit more restraint.
If you are using literally any of Claude Code’s features the experience isn’t close, and regardless of model preference (Claude is my least favorite model by far) you should probably use Claude code. It’s just a much more extensible product for teams.