Are they?

I'd put Codex 5.3 on par with CC for almost every task, and OAI has been rapidly updating their app, with a major initial release for Windows just a few weeks ago. Quotas are a moving target, but right now, Codex offers a better value by far, being very usable at the $20 level.

I don't have a dog in this race other than competition keeping them all honest. Claude led for so long, but I think that early lead has blinded many to how close it is now.

The only one really eating dust is Google. What a terrible offering. I wish it wasn't so, because they could really apply some price pressure to the competition with their scale and integration.

.... did you read the post? Half of it is about this