Codex plans and how credits meter

Codex plans do not sell a monthly credit balance. Local messages and cloud chats in ChatGPT share a 5-hour rolling window, on top of weekly limits, and paid plans can buy extra credits when they run out. Codex moved from per-message pricing to token-based credits on 2026-04-02 (Enterprise 2026-04-23). Plans meter local messages and cloud chats in a shared 5-hour window plus weekly limits. OpenAI publishes no fixed monthly credit allotment per plan, so this dataset carries none.

Plans

Codex plans and their published credit allotment
PlanPriceAudiencePublished credit allotment
ChatGPT Free$0.00/moIndividualNone published
ChatGPT Go$8.00/moIndividualNone published
ChatGPT Plus$20.00/moIndividualNone published
ChatGPT Pro$100.00/mo and upIndividualNone published
ChatGPT BusinessflexibleOrgNone published
ChatGPT EnterprisecustomOrgNone published

ChatGPT Free: Codex on quick coding tasks. No image generation, and no credit purchase to continue past the limit.

ChatGPT Go: Lightweight coding tier below Plus. Added to the published lineup by 2026-08-03.

ChatGPT Plus: Codex included. Local messages and cloud chats share a 5-hour window with additional weekly limits. Can purchase extra credits to keep working.

ChatGPT Pro: Sold as two tiers off one plan: $100/mo for 5x Plus rate limits and $200/mo for 20x. Adds GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark (research preview) and, on the $200 tier, unlimited ChatGPT Voice. Can purchase extra credits.

ChatGPT Business: Flexible-pricing workspaces can purchase additional workspace credits. Seat price varies by contract; this dataset carries no fixed figure.

ChatGPT Enterprise: Custom pricing. Flexible workspaces can purchase additional workspace credits.

No fixed monthly allotment

OpenAI has not published a fixed monthly credit number for any Codex plan, so none of the plans above carry one. That is different from GitHub Copilot, which does publish a monthly AI-credit allowance per plan. To size your own usage, price your actual model and request volume in credits instead of assuming a plan allowance.

The metering window

Codex moved to token-based credits, metered in a shared 5-hour window with additional weekly limits, effective 2026-04-02. Paid plans can purchase extra credits at any time to keep working.

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