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type: "Comparison"
title: "Codex App vs. Codex CLI (2026): 20 or 900 Requests in the Plan Comparison"
description: "Codex App vs Codex CLI"
resource: "https://www.contextstudios.ai/comparisons/codex-app-vs-codex-cli"
language: "en"
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  at: "2026-10-08T20:44:18.213Z"
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# Codex App vs. Codex CLI (2026): 20 or 900 Requests in the Plan Comparison

Codex is included with ChatGPT, in the two plans Plus and Pro. Both interfaces use the same model class: gpt-5.3-codex and gpt-5.3-codex-spark, each with a 128k context window and 32k output. They split on included requests per month: the app delivers 20, the CLI 900. Prices stay identical per plan — 20 USD for Plus, 200 USD for Pro. Related glossary entries: [Model Context Protocol](/glossary/model-context-protocol) and [Agent Client Protocol](/glossary/agent-client-protocol).

## Our Recommendation

Price follows the plan, capacity follows the interface. With 20 requests per month the app is the cheapest entry: 20 USD in plan Plus, and all three core capabilities — code understanding, code generation, debugging — are covered on both surfaces. For daily automation with many sessions and long contexts the CLI is the first choice: 900 requests per month match the volume of plan Pro (200 USD) exactly. The spark variant of the model line, gpt-5.3-codex-spark, delivers the same token budget on both surfaces: 128k context, 32k output. In short: app for the road, CLI for the series — at the same price per plan.