Facilitating the surging demand for computing power in the AI Agent era, Alibaba Cloud has recently announced a major upgrade to its Coding Plan subscription service. This update not only adds four top-tier programming models—Qwen3.5-Plus, Qwen3-Coder-Next, GLM-4.7, and Kimi-K2.5—but also aims to reshape the cost floor in the developer market with highly competitive pricing.

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Free Model Switching to Alleviate Agent "Computing Anxiety"

With the popularity of AI tools like Claude Code and OpenClaw, AI Agents have become the mainstream carrier of large models. However, when executing complex tasks, Agents require multi-round planning and frequent tool calls, leading to an exponential increase in Token consumption. Data shows that the computing power consumption of a single Agent is up to 100 to 1000 times that of a traditional chatbot.

To address this, Alibaba Cloud's Coding Plan allows users to freely switch between multiple top-tier models without changing their subscription or configuration, offering developers who use these models frequently a high-value, model-flexible "computing resource pool."

Price War Intensifies: First Month 18,000 Requests for Only 7.9 Yuan

To further lower the barrier, Alibaba Cloud has launched an impressive promotional campaign. Starting now, new users can enjoy a 20% discount on their first purchase:

  • Lite Package: 18,000 requests in the first month for only 7.9 yuan.

  • Pro Package: 90,000 requests in the first month for only 39.9 yuan.

Previously, Alibaba Cloud's BaiLian platform had reduced the API price of Qwen3.5-Plus to 0.8 yuan per million Tokens. The launch and promotion of this Coding Plan mean developers can obtain high-performance programming assistance comparable to Gemini3 at less than 5% of the cost of similar models in the market. This move is bound to accelerate the adoption of AI programming tools among small and medium-sized enterprises and individual developers, pushing forward the arrival of the "Model Freedom" era.