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# Alibaba Coding Plan: $3/month for Claude Code with Qwen, Kimi, GLM & More
- URL: https://wuu73.org/aiguide-ghost/03022026/
- Published: 2026-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Description: A quick look at Alibaba's Coding Plan — $3/month for access to Qwen, Kimi, GLM, and MiniMax models via Claude Code using the Dashscope API.
- Author: WUU73
- Tags: Guides, Alibaba Coding Plan, Dashscope, Claude Code, Qwen 3.5, Kimi K2.5, GLM 5, MiniMax M2.5, budget AI coding, #Import 2026-09-12 06:38

# Unfortunately they jacked the price up to $50/month :( so this is old information already unfortunately!

I read that if you had bought it when it was at $3, it might still let you pay $10 or something, but this is unconfirmed. I got rid of mine and am just using CliProxyAPIPlus to route Openrouter models to Claude Code.

But... I found this:

[Rust redo of Claude Code, when the src code was leaked](https://claurst.kuber.studio/?ref=wuu73.org)

Haven't tried it yet, and it might not have every detail yet from C.C. but it looks good, will try.

Will post new guide more like the older ones soon.

# old info starts here

# Alibaba Coding Plan: $3/Month for Claude Code

I had to post about this cheap Coding Plan I found — [**Alibaba Coding Plan**](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/coding-plan?ref=wuu73.org), **$3/month** right now, and you get all these models plus some other ones:

## Plan Details

| Plan     | Intro Price       | Requests / 5 hrs | Requests / week | Requests / month |
| -------- | ----------------- | ---------------- | --------------- | ---------------- |
| **Lite** | $3 / first month  | 1,200            | 9,000           | 18,000           |
| **Pro**  | $15 / first month | 6,000            | 45,000          | 90,000           |

## Supported Models

**Recommended:**

- `qwen3.5-plus` (vision)
- `kimi-k2.5` (vision)
- `glm-5`
- `MiniMax-M2.5`

**More models:**

- `qwen3-max-2026-01-23`
- `qwen3-coder-next`
- `qwen3-coder-plus`
- `glm-4.7`

---

You can use it directly in **Claude Code**, **OpenClaw**, and others.

I still use **Claude Code** and **GitHub Copilot**. I tried Goose... on Windows 11... errors and more errors! I don't have time for that so I got rid of it. I have noticed a lot of these things are created by Mac people, and Windows/Linux are 2nd class citizens — more of an afterthought.

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## Claude Code Setup for Alibaba / Dashscope

**🔧 Click to expand: Bash config for Claude Code with Alibaba models (add to your \~/.bashrc)**Copy and paste this at the end of your \`\~/.bashrc\` file if using bash in Linux, or vibe code something similar for easy model switching.`# --- ALIBABA / DASHSCOPE CLAUDE CODE CONFIGURATION ---  
  
# PASTE YOUR API KEY HERE:  
export ALIBABA_API_KEY="sk-sp-xxxxxxx"  
  
# Internal helper function to launch Claude with Alibaba settings  
_claude_ali_launch() {  
 local model_name=$1  
 shift  
 (  
 export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="https://coding-intl.dashscope.aliyuncs.com/apps/anthropic"  
 export ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN="$ALIBABA_API_KEY"  
 export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="" # Clear this to avoid conflicts  
 export ANTHROPIC_MODEL="$model_name"  
 export ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_HAIKU_MODEL="$model_name"  
 export ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL="$model_name"  
 export ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_SONNET_MODEL="$model_name"  
 export ANTHROPIC_REASONING_MODEL="$model_name"  
  
 # Performance/Token settings  
 # export CLAUDE_CODE_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS=30000  
 export API_TIMEOUT_MS=3000000  
 export CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC=1  
 export CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS=1  
  
 claude --dangerously-skip-permissions --model "$model_name" "$@"  
 )  
}  
  
# Model Commands  
alias claude-qwen='_claude_ali_launch qwen3.5-plus'  
alias claude-kimi='_claude_ali_launch kimi-k2.5'  
alias claude-glm5='_claude_ali_launch glm-5'  
alias claude-mm='_claude_ali_launch MiniMax-M2.5'  
  
# --- MENU DISPLAY ---  
claude-menu() {  
 echo -e "\n\033[1;36m====================================================\033[0m"  
 echo -e "\033[1;32m CLAUDE CODE - ALIBABA (DASHSCOPE) ENDPOINTS \033[0m"  
 echo -e "\033[1;36m====================================================\033[0m"  
 echo -e " \033[1;33mclaude-qwen\033[0m - Use Qwen 3.5 Plus"  
 echo -e " \033[1;33mclaude-kimi\033[0m - Use Kimi K2.5"  
 echo -e " \033[1;33mclaude-glm5\033[0m - Use GLM-5"  
 echo -e " \033[1;33mclaude-mm\033[0m - Use MiniMax M2.5"  
 echo -e "\033[1;36m----------------------------------------------------\033[0m"  
 echo -e " Keys are pre-configured with skip-permissions."  
 echo -e "\033[1;36m====================================================\033[0m\n"  
}  
  
# Run the menu automatically on startup`  
claude-menu  

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## Which Model to Use?

I have found that running **Claude Code set to kimi-k2.5** will create very elaborate, complex plans — but it is not as fast as the others. **MiniMax M2.5 is quickest**, which is often the best just for that reason.

Some tactics you can use:

- Run these different model commands, even at the same time, to all create plans simultaneously.
- Then have one of the smarter ones like Kimi go over all the plans and give opinions — explain why any one is better than the others.
- **Generate a best-of-N plan. Use MiniMax to implement.**

I haven't used the new **Qwen 3.5** models enough yet to have a strong opinion, but they seem good. Same with **GLM 5**.

The Coding Plan's [main page](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/openclaw-coding-plan?ref=wuu73.org) gives instructions for all of the main coding agentic tools, and they include **OpenClaw**. Save some money! Be careful with security if messing with OpenClaw. 🔐

Gemini 3.1 Pro came out too! It's very very good. The USA AI companies are still the absolute best ones. It still makes sense to use something like my tool, [aicodeprep-gui](https://wuu73.org/aicp?ref=wuu73.org), to plan things out on all the different web chat's (see the older guides from last year... July, Sept etc for how-to's) and just use that tool to go back and forth when bug fixing or in the planning stages of a project.

I use Gemini 3 Flash a lot for bug fixing, the speed is sometimes better than intelligence since a faster model can fail 3 times before fixing something, while the smarter model can figure it out on first pass or two, but it takes longer...