OpenAI Codex — Free and $8 Go plans
Codex has a $0 Free plan for quick coding tasks and a $8/month Go plan for lightweight use.
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Access
- Instant
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Who qualifies
Anyone with a ChatGPT account
The catch
Free and Go are limited to the desktop app and 'subject to rollout'. CLI, IDE and web Codex need Plus ($20/month) or higher.
What you get
- Free: $0, GPT-6 Luna at Standard speed in the desktop app
- Go: $8/month, same model, lightweight tasks
- Plus ($20/month) adds web, CLI, IDE and iOS access
At a glance
- Offer
- Free plan; $8/mo Go
- You pay
- FREE
- Type
- Free tier
- Provider
- OpenAI
- Access
- Instant
- Eligibility
- Anyone with a ChatGPT account
- Deadline
- Rolling / no deadline given
- Last checked
- Sun, 25 Oct 2026
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