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AI Coding Plan Deals & Free Trials

Start with the entry cost. Check renewal prices and limits. Compare official deals, time-limited trials and free tiers separately.

These are source observations with plan review status retained. Prices keep their original currency; account eligibility, country, payment requirements and final offers depend on official checkout.

Offer sources checked · Some leads still need review; account-level redemption has not been tested.

Plan deals

Separate introductory cost from later pricing. An unrecorded end date does not mean an offer lasts indefinitely.

BigModel

GLM Coding Plan off-peak usage

Deal / targeted benefit
50% credit consumption

BigModel China product, not an inferred Z.ai international offer.

Requires a paid Coding Plan and supported tools. Peak time is Monday–Friday 14:00–18:00 UTC+8; model calls outside that window use half the base credits.

End date not published.

Official source checked · Pending review

DeepSeek

Off-peak API rates

Deal / targeted benefit
50% of peak rates

Official DeepSeek API; account eligibility remains separate.

Paid API usage. Peak windows are 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC on weekdays excluding Chinese public holidays. Other hours, weekends and those holidays are off-peak.

End date not published.

Official source checked · Pending review

WorkBuddy

Subscription credit bonus

Deal / targeted benefit
Double credits

Tencent Cloud China offer; paid subscription required.

During the promotion, new purchases, renewals and expansions receive matching credits based on seats and subscription duration. No cash conversion or unlimited claim.

End date not published.

Official source checked · Pending review

Baidu Qianfan

Token Plan introductory offer

Deal / targeted benefit
From CNY 4.9/month

Baidu Cloud China; new-purchase eligibility applies.

Mini lists 1,400 credits/month and CNY 9.9/month standard price. First-purchase and first-renewal promotions have separate conditions; checkout determines the offer.

End date not published.

Official source checked · Pending review

Volcengine

Coding Plan limited offer

Deal / targeted benefit
From CNY 9.9

Volcengine China, separate from BytePlus international.

The campaign lists a starting price and limited availability. Exact tier, billing period and renewal price require checkout confirmation.

End date not published.

Official source checked · Pending review

Qoder CN

Qwen3.8-Flash promotion

Deal / targeted benefit
Limited-time free model use

Qoder CN campaign; check the current activity terms.

The official benefits page advertises free Qwen3.8-Flash use. This does not make other Qoder models or paid subscription benefits free.

End date not published.

Official source checked · Pending review

Anthropic

Account-specific limit reset

Deal / targeted benefit
Eligible accounts only

Only accounts displaying a reset offer qualify.

Occasional offers restore either the five-hour or weekly limit shown in the account. Use the web or desktop app; no guarantee of both limits or a cash-equivalent benefit.

Expiry is shown in Settings > Usage.

Official source checked · Pending review

Historical offers & records needing review

These records have expired or mention a deadline without a complete timestamp. They are excluded from current deals. Original terms remain available; no extension is assumed.

Free trials

Qoder

Pro trial

Conditional free trial
14 days · 300 Credits

Qoder international site; local eligibility depends on signup.

New users signing in to the latest client; one trial per person, not available on virtual machines. Reverts to Free; unused trial credits expire.

14 days from activation.

Official source checked · Pending review

Supermaven

Pro trial

Conditional free trial
30 days

Eligibility and country availability not account-tested.

The Pro pricing card lists a free trial. Pro is listed at USD 10/month; payment and renewal conditions must be checked at signup.

30-day trial; no campaign end date published.

Official source checked · Pending review

Zed

Pro trial

Conditional free trial
14 days · USD 5 usage

Trial eligibility depends on the Zed account.

No card required. GPT-6 Luna is the only hosted trial model. Ends at 14 days or when USD 5 is used, whichever comes first; balance is shared with Delta.

14 days or credit exhaustion.

Official source checked · Pending review

GitHub

Advanced Security trial

Conditional free trial
30 days · License fee waived

GitHub Team organizations only.

For eligible GitHub Team organization owners; prior license/trial restrictions apply. Actions minutes and AI credits may still incur charges. This is not a Copilot subscription trial.

Expires automatically after 30 days unless purchased.

Official source checked · Pending review

Free entry plans

Plans with a zero listed subscription fee. Usage limits apply; some services or models cost extra. Student access requires eligibility verification.

Supermaven

Free code completion

Free tool / education benefit
USD 0/month

Supported editor extension required; account conditions apply.

Code suggestions with a seven-day data-retention limit. Do not infer Pro context-window sizes or Chat credits for the free tier.

End date not published.

Official source checked · Pending review

Zed

Personal editor

Free tool / education benefit
USD 0

Free editor plan; hosted model usage is a separate product.

Includes 2,000 accepted edit predictions; the page does not specify a reset window. Your own API keys/external agents can have separate charges.

End date not published.

Official source checked · Pending review

JetBrains

Student Pack

Free tool / education benefit
Verified students free

Student verification required; country restrictions may apply.

Full-time students in a program of at least one year can apply. Includes IDEs and AI features; AI Pro is a trial whose duration is not stated here. Renew annually.

For the study period, subject to annual renewal.

Official source checked · Pending review

API & developer credits

Credits, requests and tokens are different units. One-time grants, recurring allowances and paid-account conditions are stated separately.

Cloudflare

Workers AI daily allocation

API / developer allowance
10,000 Neurons/day

Workers account; model eligibility varies.

Resets at 00:00 UTC. Workers Free stops at the limit; paid overage is billed separately. Some models require a paid billing method even with this allocation.

End date not published.

Official source checked · Pending review

Tavily

Researcher plan

API / developer allowance
1,000 API credits/month

Agent search/research service; not a coding-model subscription.

No card required. Credits are the billing unit, not a promise of 1,000 arbitrary API operations; different operations may consume different credits.

End date not published.

Official source checked · Pending review

Firecrawl

Free scraping plan

API / developer allowance
1,000 credits/month

Developer web-data service.

No card required. The page equates this to 500 searches or 1,000 scraped pages, with two concurrent requests and low rate limits.

End date not published.

Official source checked · Pending review

Cerebras

One-time promotional credit

API / developer allowance
USD 5 · 30 days

Eligible accounts; duplicate/abusive accounts can lose eligibility.

A valid payment method is required. Not automatically enrolled in paid usage; API/Playground access pauses when credits expire or run out unless you buy PayGo credits.

30 days after activation.

Official source checked · Pending review

Cohere

Evaluation API key

API / developer allowance
1,000 calls/month

Evaluation use; production conditions differ.

Free evaluation keys have monthly and endpoint/model rate limits. This is an evaluation allowance, not a time-limited paid-plan trial or unlimited production service.

End date not published.

Official source checked · Pending review

Alibaba Cloud Bailian

New-user model allowance

API / developer allowance
Usually 1M tokens/model

Alibaba Cloud China, North China 2 (Beijing) only.

Separate model allowances; Beijing region only. Valid for 90 days from the latest applicable activation/model-approval date. Verified users can switch to paid billing unless stop-on-exhaustion is enabled.

90 days; per-model conditions apply.

Official source checked · Pending review

Tencent TokenHub

New-user allowance

API / developer allowance
1M tokens

Tencent Cloud China; new users.

The official product page advertises a new-user allowance. It does not specify a universal credit validity period or establish access to every listed model.

Credit validity and campaign end date not published on the product page.

Official source checked · Pending review

Novita AI

Selected zero-priced models

API / developer allowance
Input and output free

Selected API models only.

Apodex 1.1 Mini and Ling 3.1 Flash are listed as free for input and output. Other models, quotas and account access remain separate; the model list can change.

End date not published.

Official source checked · Pending review

NVIDIA build

Inference endpoint evaluation

API / developer allowance
Free inference entry

Developer evaluation; confirm each endpoint’s terms.

The official homepage advertises free inference endpoints. Numeric allowances, rate limits and each model’s access conditions are not established by the homepage.

End date not published.

Official source checked · Pending review

Meoo

App-builder starter credits

API / developer allowance
5,000 + daily 2,000 credits

Alibaba China app-building offer.

The benefits page lists new-registration credits and a separate daily-login allowance. Credit expiry and checkout eligibility are not stated in the card.

End date not published.

Official source checked · Pending review

OpenCode Zen

Selected free model routes

API / developer allowance
Selected routes free

Only routes explicitly marked Free; list can change.

The pricing table includes free routes such as LongCat 2.5 Preview Free and Step 5 Preview Free. Other routes are metered; review data-use conditions and automatic top-ups before enabling paid usage.

End date not published.

Official source checked · Pending review