Alibaba’s (BABA) cloud unit on Wednesday launched AI coding subscription plans that offer access and the ability to freely switch between four Chinese open-source models—Qwen3.5, GLM-5, MiniMax M2.5, and Kimi K2.5.
The company’s new subscriptions aim to attract more users as it pushes to monetize its AI products by offering low-priced API access to top LLMs via a single plan.
The entry-level plan, which can take up to 18,000 requests per month, starts at $1 for new users in the first month and then will be raised to about $6.
The “Pro” plan, which supports 90,000 requests per month, starts at $5.50 in the first month for new subscribers and then will be raised to $29.
The rapid advancement in AI coding tools has raised concerns for key players in the tech sector who fear that it could throw a wrench into the software industry.
Anthropic (ANTHRO) has been in the spotlight lately after it launched a new security feature with its Claude model, which spooked the cybersecurity sector.
IBM (IBM) stock also suffered steep losses this week after Anthropic said its new tool could modernize COBOL codebases. Most IBM mainframe systems use COBOL.