# Should Codex reconsider five-hour usage limits? **URL:** \ **Category:** Codex\ **Tags:** codex\ **Created:** [September 2, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/should-codex-reconsider-five-hour-usage-limits/1394239 "2026-09-02T03:12:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jochenschultz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/jochenschultz/32/772274_2.png) [@jochenschultz](https://community.openai.com/u/jochenschultz)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/should-codex-reconsider-five-hour-usage-limits/1394239/24 "2026-09-11T16:35:37Z")
You are basically renting a GPU with a model on it and some code around. The GPU costs roughly 35k to buy plus energy plus personell plus the training . So running “your” service probably costs them around 100k - which you are paying 20$ for per month. They are not ok with that. They want to let you get access to it but be realistic. Plus, don’t forget that there are not enough GPU for all the hundrets of millions of users. ---
**Author:** ![BlueBaron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/bluebaron/32/511683_2.png) [@BlueBaron](https://community.openai.com/u/BlueBaron)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/should-codex-reconsider-five-hour-usage-limits/1394239/26 "2026-09-11T16:44:00Z")
I am aware of the costs. And I understand they are hitting a ceiling. But the problem is they are aggressively making it useless. The Plus plan always had limits. Those limits worked and were reasonable. Now they are not and we are asked to pay way more for what we had before. It is a degradation, not an improvement. ---
**Author:** ![jochenschultz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/jochenschultz/32/772274_2.png) [@jochenschultz](https://community.openai.com/u/jochenschultz)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/should-codex-reconsider-five-hour-usage-limits/1394239/27 "2026-09-11T17:11:29Z")
They have never been reasonable. They have been way to cheap - which was obviously financed to gain market share. I don’t think they need that kind of marketing anymore. People know what the models are capable of. Now they can try to make the money they must to be profitable. Which from my point of view is not going to happen. The quality of code that comes out from the models is not worth what they have to earn. Especially not when the people who build it want the bigger share obviously. ---
**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/merefield/32/14812_2.png) [@merefield](https://community.openai.com/u/merefield)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/should-codex-reconsider-five-hour-usage-limits/1394239/28 "2026-09-11T19:54:28Z")
> [@BlueBaron](#): > > The Pro plan is for large teams and companies That’s not true. The Pro plan is meant for individuals. There are separate Business and Enterprise plans. These individuals are often professional freelancers, consultants and contractors. ---
**Author:** ![BlueBaron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/bluebaron/32/511683_2.png) [@BlueBaron](https://community.openai.com/u/BlueBaron)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/should-codex-reconsider-five-hour-usage-limits/1394239/30 "2026-09-11T22:49:32Z")
I am talking about the price. $140 per month is something a team or at least a freelance professional would have to justify to pay. It’s funny how you guys love to justify what the company is doing and want to be “accurate” when it comes to who the plan is suited for, yet when it comes to the company having to be accurate about the services they provide, similar to what they did before, all of a sudden that reasoning goes out of the window. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/8/7/c/87c2e81543bbb01aa9641aeef8fe14cab5e9590a.png) [@system](https://community.openai.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/should-codex-reconsider-five-hour-usage-limits/1394239/31 "2026-09-14T22:50:21Z")
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