Claude Code vs Codex: Which Should You Choose? Pricing, Limits, Where They Run, and Features Compared
We re-compared Claude Code and Codex against the official documentation as of September 2026. Both run in the terminal, IDEs, desktop apps, the cloud, and on your phone, and their core features now match. The differences are whether you can try them for free, whether the sandbox works on Windows, and which plans get computer use and automatic PR review. We cover how pricing and limits work, how to choose in nine scenarios, and corrections to the earlier version.