Coding & Dev
Codex
OpenAI's cloud coding agent that works through tasks in its own sandbox.
Our ruling
Best when the task is specified well enough that you do not need to watch. Async is the whole point.
Wrong forExploratory work where you need to steer every few minutes.
- Best for
- Handing off a well-scoped task and walking away
- Pricing
- Included with ChatGPT Plus/Pro from $20/mo
What it's actually used for
- Runs asynchronously in a sandbox and opens a pull request when done
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