OpenAI Codex vs Claude Code
OpenAI Codex is listed under Cloud agents, Claude Code under CLI agents. Each name links to the product's own site.
| Category | Cloud agents | CLI agents |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| Public code | No | Yes |
| Tags | openai, sandbox, pull-requests, parallel | terminal, anthropic, mcp, subagents |
| Website | openai.com | anthropic.com |
What OpenAI Codex does
OpenAI's cloud coding agent. It runs tasks in sandboxed environments connected to your GitHub repositories, works on several in parallel and proposes pull requests.
What Claude Code does
Terminal-based coding agent from Anthropic. It reads your codebase, edits files, runs commands and works with git. It also runs in IDEs and supports MCP servers, hooks and subagents.
Other options
See all Cloud agents, or alternatives to OpenAI Codex and Claude Code.