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Every Alibaba Cloud plan on file: Token Plan (Personal) Lite, Token Plan (Personal) Essential, Token Plan (Personal) Standard and 2 more. How each one's limits work, its rules, and the models it includes.

Coding plan

8 entries, cheapest first

  • Alibaba Cloud (Model Studio)

    Token Plan (Personal) Lite

    Coding planInternational (Singapore region, USD)CreditsOpaque credits: no published token conversionOff-peak 22:00-08:00 (every night, crossing midnight) UTC+8: 60% off Credits for qwen3.8-max and qwen3.8-flash (page: 40% of normal cost); 50% off for deepseek-v4-pro-0813, deepseek-v4-flash-0731, deepseek-v4.1-flash and deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017
    $6
    per month
    Limited-time price, regular $8
    or $65 per year ($5.42/mo)
    Limits
    11,500 credits per month
    A monthly quota of 11,500 credits; the weekly cap was removed on September 22, 2026. Credits per request depend on the model, token usage, thinking mode and tool calls, and the console shows per-call usage. 1-2 concurrent agents. Credits; Alibaba publishes no credit-to-token rate (the page says credits are dynamically determined by model type, token usage, thinking mode and tool calls).
    Rules
    • Interactive use only inside coding and agent tools; must not be used for automation scripts, custom application backends or any non-interactive batch calls (Token Plan overview)
    • Available only in the Singapore region with Global deployment: inference runs globally and prompts and outputs cross borders (Token Plan overview)
    • For the subscriber's exclusive use; sharing the key with others may lead to suspension (Token Plan overview)
    • The Personal Edition does not support unsubscription; an expired subscription disables the API key (Token Plan overview)
    Models
    and 12 more
    • wan2.7-image-pro
    • wan3.0-video
    • deepseek-v4.1-flash
    • deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017
    • deepseek-v4-pro
    • deepseek-v4-pro-0813
    • deepseek-v4-flash-0731
    • glm-5.3
    • glm-5.2
    • happyhorse-1.1-i2v
    • happyhorse-1.1-t2v
    • happyhorse-1.1-r2v
    Works with
    • Claude Code
    • Cursor
    • Qwen Code
    • Qoder
    • Qoder CN
    • OpenClaw
    Worth knowing
    Off-peak: 22:00-08:00 (every night, crossing midnight) (UTC+8), 60% off Credits for qwen3.8-max and qwen3.8-flash (page: 40% of normal cost); 50% off for deepseek-v4-pro-0813, deepseek-v4-flash-0731, deepseek-v4.1-flash and deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017.
    Rollover: Unused Credits do not carry over to the next cycle
    More details
    • Concurrent agents: 1-2 (Lite), 2-3 (Essential), 3-4 (Standard), 6-8 (Pro)
    • Extra Bundle: $15 per bundle per month for 20,000 Credits; up to 5 held at once; needs an active subscription
    • Upgrades are prorated: you pay the price difference for the remaining days and get prorated extra credits
    • One subscription per verified identity per edition
    • The international edition of the Token Plan; the China edition (Beijing region, CNY) is a separate entry with the same credit quotas.
  • Alibaba Cloud (Model Studio)

    Token Plan (Personal) Essential

    Coding planInternational (Singapore region, USD)CreditsOpaque credits: no published token conversionOff-peak 22:00-08:00 (every night, crossing midnight) UTC+8: 60% off Credits for qwen3.8-max and qwen3.8-flash; 50% off for the listed deepseek-v4 models
    $10
    per month
    Limited-time price, regular $16
    or $100 per year ($8.33/mo)
    Limits
    25,500 credits per month
    A monthly quota of 25,500 credits; the weekly cap was removed on September 22, 2026. Credits per request depend on the model, token usage, thinking mode and tool calls, and the console shows per-call usage. 2-3 concurrent agents. Credits; Alibaba publishes no credit-to-token rate.
    Rules
    • Interactive use only inside coding and agent tools; must not be used for automation scripts, custom application backends or any non-interactive batch calls (Token Plan overview)
    • Available only in the Singapore region with Global deployment: inference runs globally and prompts and outputs cross borders (Token Plan overview)
    • For the subscriber's exclusive use; sharing the key with others may lead to suspension (Token Plan overview)
    • The Personal Edition does not support unsubscription; an expired subscription disables the API key (Token Plan overview)
    Models
    and 12 more
    • wan2.7-image-pro
    • wan3.0-video
    • deepseek-v4.1-flash
    • deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017
    • deepseek-v4-pro
    • deepseek-v4-pro-0813
    • deepseek-v4-flash-0731
    • glm-5.3
    • glm-5.2
    • happyhorse-1.1-i2v
    • happyhorse-1.1-t2v
    • happyhorse-1.1-r2v
    Works with
    • Claude Code
    • Cursor
    • Qwen Code
    • Qoder
    • Qoder CN
    • OpenClaw
    Worth knowing
    Off-peak: 22:00-08:00 (every night, crossing midnight) (UTC+8), 60% off Credits for qwen3.8-max and qwen3.8-flash; 50% off for the listed deepseek-v4 models.
    Rollover: Unused Credits do not carry over to the next cycle
    More details
    • Concurrent agents: 1-2 (Lite), 2-3 (Essential), 3-4 (Standard), 6-8 (Pro)
    • Extra Bundle: $15 per bundle per month for 20,000 Credits; up to 5 held at once; needs an active subscription
    • Upgrades are prorated: you pay the price difference for the remaining days and get prorated extra credits
    • One subscription per verified identity per edition
    • The international edition of the Token Plan; the China edition (Beijing region, CNY) is a separate entry with the same credit quotas.
  • Alibaba Cloud (Model Studio)

    Token Plan (Personal) Standard

    Coding planInternational (Singapore region, USD)CreditsOpaque credits: no published token conversionOff-peak 22:00-08:00 (every night, crossing midnight) UTC+8: 60% off Credits for qwen3.8-max and qwen3.8-flash; 50% off for the listed deepseek-v4 models
    $18
    per month
    Limited-time price, regular $25
    or $195 per year ($16.25/mo)
    Limits
    45,000 credits per month
    A monthly quota of 45,000 credits; the weekly cap was removed on September 22, 2026. Credits per request depend on the model, token usage, thinking mode and tool calls, and the console shows per-call usage. 3-4 concurrent agents. Credits; Alibaba publishes no credit-to-token rate.
    Rules
    • Interactive use only inside coding and agent tools; must not be used for automation scripts, custom application backends or any non-interactive batch calls (Token Plan overview)
    • Available only in the Singapore region with Global deployment: inference runs globally and prompts and outputs cross borders (Token Plan overview)
    • For the subscriber's exclusive use; sharing the key with others may lead to suspension (Token Plan overview)
    • The Personal Edition does not support unsubscription; an expired subscription disables the API key (Token Plan overview)
    Models
    and 12 more
    • wan2.7-image-pro
    • wan3.0-video
    • deepseek-v4.1-flash
    • deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017
    • deepseek-v4-pro
    • deepseek-v4-pro-0813
    • deepseek-v4-flash-0731
    • glm-5.3
    • glm-5.2
    • happyhorse-1.1-i2v
    • happyhorse-1.1-t2v
    • happyhorse-1.1-r2v
    Works with
    • Claude Code
    • Cursor
    • Qwen Code
    • Qoder
    • Qoder CN
    • OpenClaw
    Worth knowing
    Off-peak: 22:00-08:00 (every night, crossing midnight) (UTC+8), 60% off Credits for qwen3.8-max and qwen3.8-flash; 50% off for the listed deepseek-v4 models.
    Rollover: Unused Credits do not carry over to the next cycle
    More details
    • Concurrent agents: 1-2 (Lite), 2-3 (Essential), 3-4 (Standard), 6-8 (Pro)
    • Extra Bundle: $15 per bundle per month for 20,000 Credits; up to 5 held at once; needs an active subscription
    • Upgrades are prorated: you pay the price difference for the remaining days and get prorated extra credits
    • One subscription per verified identity per edition
    • The international edition of the Token Plan; the China edition (Beijing region, CNY) is a separate entry with the same credit quotas.
  • Alibaba Cloud (Model Studio)

    Token Plan (Personal) Pro

    Coding planInternational (Singapore region, USD)CreditsOpaque credits: no published token conversionOff-peak 22:00-08:00 (every night, crossing midnight) UTC+8: 60% off Credits for qwen3.8-max and qwen3.8-flash; 50% off for the listed deepseek-v4 models
    $68
    per month
    Limited-time price, regular $80
    or $770 per year ($64.17/mo)
    Limits
    180,000 credits per month
    A monthly quota of 180,000 credits; the weekly cap was removed on September 22, 2026. Credits per request depend on the model, token usage, thinking mode and tool calls, and the console shows per-call usage. 6-8 concurrent agents. Credits; Alibaba publishes no credit-to-token rate.
    Rules
    • Interactive use only inside coding and agent tools; must not be used for automation scripts, custom application backends or any non-interactive batch calls (Token Plan overview)
    • Available only in the Singapore region with Global deployment: inference runs globally and prompts and outputs cross borders (Token Plan overview)
    • For the subscriber's exclusive use; sharing the key with others may lead to suspension (Token Plan overview)
    • The Personal Edition does not support unsubscription; an expired subscription disables the API key (Token Plan overview)
    Models
    and 12 more
    • wan2.7-image-pro
    • wan3.0-video
    • deepseek-v4.1-flash
    • deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017
    • deepseek-v4-pro
    • deepseek-v4-pro-0813
    • deepseek-v4-flash-0731
    • glm-5.3
    • glm-5.2
    • happyhorse-1.1-i2v
    • happyhorse-1.1-t2v
    • happyhorse-1.1-r2v
    Works with
    • Claude Code
    • Cursor
    • Qwen Code
    • Qoder
    • Qoder CN
    • OpenClaw
    Worth knowing
    Off-peak: 22:00-08:00 (every night, crossing midnight) (UTC+8), 60% off Credits for qwen3.8-max and qwen3.8-flash; 50% off for the listed deepseek-v4 models.
    Rollover: Unused Credits do not carry over to the next cycle
    More details
    • Concurrent agents: 1-2 (Lite), 2-3 (Essential), 3-4 (Standard), 6-8 (Pro)
    • Extra Bundle: $15 per bundle per month for 20,000 Credits; up to 5 held at once; needs an active subscription
    • Upgrades are prorated: you pay the price difference for the remaining days and get prorated extra credits
    • One subscription per verified identity per edition
    • The international edition of the Token Plan; the China edition (Beijing region, CNY) is a separate entry with the same credit quotas.
  • Alibaba Cloud (Model Studio)

    Token Plan (Personal) Lite

    Coding planChina (Beijing region, CNY)CreditsOpaque credits: no published token conversionOff-peak 22:00-08:00 (every night, crossing midnight) UTC+8: 60% off Credits for qwen3.8-max and qwen3.8-flash (page: 40% of normal cost); 50% off for deepseek-v4-pro-0813, deepseek-v4-flash-0731, deepseek-v4.1-flash and deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017
    ¥39
    per month
    Limited-time price, regular ¥60
    Limits
    11,500 credits per month
    A monthly quota of credits; the weekly cap was removed on September 22, 2026, and no 5-hour limit is listed. Credits per request depend on the model, token usage, thinking mode and tool calls, and the console shows per-call usage. Lite allows 1-2 concurrent agents. Credits; Alibaba publishes no credit-to-token rate (the page says credits are dynamically determined by model type, token usage, thinking mode and tool calls).
    Rules
    • Interactive use only inside coding and agent tools; must not be used for automation scripts, custom application backends or any non-interactive batch calls (Token Plan personal overview)
    • For the subscriber's exclusive use; sharing the key with others is prohibited (Token Plan personal overview)
    • Currently available only in the China (Beijing) region (Token Plan personal overview)
    • The Personal Edition does not support unsubscription; an expired subscription disables the API key (Token Plan personal overview)
    Models
    and 4 more
    • glm-5.2
    • qwen-image-3.0-pro
    • wan3.0-video
    • happyhorse-1.1-t2v
    Works with
    • Claude Code
    • Cursor
    • Qwen Code
    • Qoder
    • Qoder CN
    • OpenClaw
    Worth knowing
    Off-peak: 22:00-08:00 (every night, crossing midnight) (UTC+8), 60% off Credits for qwen3.8-max and qwen3.8-flash (page: 40% of normal cost); 50% off for deepseek-v4-pro-0813, deepseek-v4-flash-0731, deepseek-v4.1-flash and deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017.
    Rollover: Unused Credits do not carry over to the next cycle
    More details
    • Concurrent agents: 1-2 (Lite), 2-3 (Essential), 3-4 (Standard), 6-8 (Pro)
    • Extra Bundle: 100 CNY per bundle per month for 20,000 Credits; up to 5 held at once; needs an active subscription
    • Deduction order: plan quota first, then Extra Bundle Credits; when both are used up, service pauses until the next subscription month or an upgrade
    • Subscription is one per verified identity per edition
    • Names and prices come from the official help page (China site). The international edition (Singapore region, USD) is a separate entry.
  • Alibaba Cloud (Model Studio)

    Token Plan (Personal) Essential

    Coding planChina (Beijing region, CNY)CreditsOpaque credits: no published token conversionOff-peak 22:00-08:00 (every night, crossing midnight) UTC+8: 60% off Credits for qwen3.8-max and qwen3.8-flash; 50% off for the listed deepseek-v4 models
    ¥79
    per month
    Limited-time price, regular ¥120
    Limits
    25,500 credits per month
    A monthly quota of credits; the weekly cap was removed on September 22, 2026, and no 5-hour limit is listed. Credits per request depend on the model, token usage, thinking mode and tool calls. Essential allows 2-3 concurrent agents. Credits; Alibaba publishes no credit-to-token rate.
    Rules
    • Interactive use only inside coding and agent tools; must not be used for automation scripts, custom application backends or any non-interactive batch calls (Token Plan personal overview)
    • For the subscriber's exclusive use; sharing the key with others is prohibited (Token Plan personal overview)
    • Currently available only in the China (Beijing) region (Token Plan personal overview)
    Models
    and 4 more
    • glm-5.2
    • qwen-image-3.0-pro
    • wan3.0-video
    • happyhorse-1.1-t2v
    Works with
    • Claude Code
    • Cursor
    • Qwen Code
    • Qoder
    • Qoder CN
    • OpenClaw
    Worth knowing
    Off-peak: 22:00-08:00 (every night, crossing midnight) (UTC+8), 60% off Credits for qwen3.8-max and qwen3.8-flash; 50% off for the listed deepseek-v4 models.
    Rollover: Unused Credits do not carry over to the next cycle
    More details
    • Extra Bundle: 100 CNY per bundle per month for 20,000 Credits; up to 5 held at once
    • Names and prices come from the official help page (China site). The international edition (Singapore region, USD) is a separate entry.
  • Alibaba Cloud (Model Studio)

    Token Plan (Personal) Standard

    Coding planChina (Beijing region, CNY)CreditsOpaque credits: no published token conversionOff-peak 22:00-08:00 (every night, crossing midnight) UTC+8: 60% off Credits for qwen3.8-max and qwen3.8-flash; 50% off for the listed deepseek-v4 models
    ¥139
    per month
    Limited-time price, regular ¥180
    Limits
    45,000 credits per month
    A monthly quota of credits; the weekly cap was removed on September 22, 2026, and no 5-hour limit is listed. Credits per request depend on the model, token usage, thinking mode and tool calls. Standard allows 3-4 concurrent agents and includes Harness benefits (metered separately). Credits; Alibaba publishes no credit-to-token rate.
    Rules
    • Interactive use only inside coding and agent tools; must not be used for automation scripts, custom application backends or any non-interactive batch calls (Token Plan personal overview)
    • For the subscriber's exclusive use; sharing the key with others is prohibited (Token Plan personal overview)
    • Currently available only in the China (Beijing) region (Token Plan personal overview)
    Models
    and 4 more
    • glm-5.2
    • qwen-image-3.0-pro
    • wan3.0-video
    • happyhorse-1.1-t2v
    Works with
    • Claude Code
    • Cursor
    • Qwen Code
    • Qoder
    • Qoder CN
    • OpenClaw
    Worth knowing
    Off-peak: 22:00-08:00 (every night, crossing midnight) (UTC+8), 60% off Credits for qwen3.8-max and qwen3.8-flash; 50% off for the listed deepseek-v4 models.
    Rollover: Unused Credits do not carry over to the next cycle
    More details
    • Extra Bundle: 100 CNY per bundle per month for 20,000 Credits; up to 5 held at once
    • Names and prices come from the official help page (China site). The international edition (Singapore region, USD) is a separate entry.
  • Alibaba Cloud (Model Studio)

    Token Plan (Personal) Pro

    Coding planChina (Beijing region, CNY)CreditsOpaque credits: no published token conversionOff-peak 22:00-08:00 (every night, crossing midnight) UTC+8: 60% off Credits for qwen3.8-max and qwen3.8-flash; 50% off for the listed deepseek-v4 models
    ¥499
    per month
    Limited-time price, regular ¥600
    Limits
    180,000 credits per month
    A monthly quota of credits; the weekly cap was removed on September 22, 2026, and no 5-hour limit is listed. Credits per request depend on the model, token usage, thinking mode and tool calls. Pro allows 6-8 concurrent agents. Credits; Alibaba publishes no credit-to-token rate.
    Rules
    • Interactive use only inside coding and agent tools; must not be used for automation scripts, custom application backends or any non-interactive batch calls (Token Plan personal overview)
    • For the subscriber's exclusive use; sharing the key with others is prohibited (Token Plan personal overview)
    • Currently available only in the China (Beijing) region (Token Plan personal overview)
    Models
    and 4 more
    • glm-5.2
    • qwen-image-3.0-pro
    • wan3.0-video
    • happyhorse-1.1-t2v
    Works with
    • Claude Code
    • Cursor
    • Qwen Code
    • Qoder
    • Qoder CN
    • OpenClaw
    Worth knowing
    Off-peak: 22:00-08:00 (every night, crossing midnight) (UTC+8), 60% off Credits for qwen3.8-max and qwen3.8-flash; 50% off for the listed deepseek-v4 models.
    Rollover: Unused Credits do not carry over to the next cycle
    More details
    • Extra Bundle: 100 CNY per bundle per month for 20,000 Credits; up to 5 held at once
    • Names and prices come from the official help page (China site). The international edition (Singapore region, USD) is a separate entry.

API only

1 entry, cheapest first

  • Alibaba Cloud (Model Studio / DashScope)

    Model Studio API (pay-as-you-go)

    API onlyPay per tokenClear quotaOff-peak 22:00-08:00 (night), for qwen3.7-plus on Global deployments only UTC+8: Night: 60% off (limited-time); daytime: 20% off (limited-time), as labelled on the page
    Pay per use
    Limits
    Pay as you go, per million tokens, at the rates below. No subscription quota.
    API rates
    ModelInputOutputUnit and notes
    Qwen3.8 Max (0902)$2$6per 1M tokens, Cached input $0.25; cache write $2.50; API name qwen3.8-max
    Qwen3.7 Max$1.475$4.425per 1M tokens, Cached input $0.295; cache write $1.84375
    Qwen3.7 Plus$0.32$1.28per 1M tokens, Cached input $0.064; cache write $0.40
    Qwen3.8 Flash$0.15$0.47per 1M tokens, Cached input $0.016; cache write $0.20
    Qwen3.6 Flash$0.1875$1.125per 1M tokens, cache write $0.234375
    Qwen3.6 Plus$0.325$1.95per 1M tokens, cache write $0.40625

    Rates from OpenRouter, Alibaba's own endpoint, checked 2026-10-21

    Models
    • qwen3.8-max
    • qwen3.7-max
    • qwen3.7-plus
    • qwen3.8-flash
    • qwen3.6-flash
    Worth knowing
    Off-peak: 22:00-08:00 (night), for qwen3.7-plus on Global deployments only (UTC+8), Night: 60% off (limited-time); daytime: 20% off (limited-time), as labelled on the page.
    More details
    • Batch API: 50% discount listed for qwen3.8-max, qwen3.7-max and qwen3.8-flash (Beijing) and qwen3.6-flash (Singapore and Beijing); batch and context-cache discounts cannot be combined
    • Explicit cache creation is billed at 125% of the standard input price (page)
    • Rates are Alibaba's default endpoint on OpenRouter; OpenRouter also lists a us-east-1 endpoint, priced higher for Qwen3.7 Max. The API name qwen3.8-max is served as Qwen3.8 Max (0902).