# Kimi coding plan

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Kimi coding plan and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a cheaper, generous alternative to Anthropic for coding with Kimi K2.6. Caveats: quotas reportedly cut and it can feel slow.

## Why people recommend it

- Cheaper than Anthropic for coding (3 comments): "The quota in the $100 Kimi Coding plan seems to roughly align with what I get from the $200 Anthropic plan" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48939172)) "Getting a coding plan from Kimi.com will make coding 20x cheaper than using Anthropic." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47993520)) "I think anybody will be much better by acquiring a coding plan from Kimi.com" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48191079))
- Generous usage with open models (2 comments): "For personal use I switched to coding plans containing GLM 5.1, Kimi K2.6 and Xiaomi MiMo V2.5 Pro and I never been happier." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48073025)) "coding plans that allows a massive usage of GLM 5.1, Kimi k2.6" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48191322))

## What people warn about

- Slow responses at times (1 comments): "was doing ok but was painfully slow" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48668351))
- Not suited to private work (1 comments): "Don't think I'm comfortable using it for more private work" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47894496))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Z.ai GLM Coding Subscription](https://hackerapproved.com/p/z-ai.md): 68 recommend
- [Cerebras Code](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cerebras-code.md): 28 recommend
- [MiniMax Coding Plan](https://hackerapproved.com/p/minimax-coding-plan.md): 8 recommend
- [Alibaba Coding Plan](https://hackerapproved.com/p/alibaba-coding-plan.md): 6 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.kimi.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Kimi coding plan", https://hackerapproved.com/p/kimi-coding-plan/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).