Kimi coding plan
Ranked 5 of 5 coding subscriptions by recommenders
Recommended as a cheaper, generous alternative to Anthropic for coding with Kimi K2.6. Caveats: quotas reportedly cut and it can feel slow.
Recommended as a cheaper, generous alternative to Anthropic for coding with Kimi K2.6. Caveats: quotas reportedly cut and it can feel slow.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Cheaper than Anthropic for coding
“The quota in the $100 Kimi Coding plan seems to roughly align with what I get from the $200 Anthropic plan”
Comment from 16 Jul 2026 in “Kimi K3 is now live” “Getting a coding plan from Kimi.com will make coding 20x cheaper than using Anthropic.”
Comment from 3 May 2026 in “Kimi K2.6 just beat Claude, GPT-5.5, and Gemini in a coding challenge” “I think anybody will be much better by acquiring a coding plan from Kimi.com”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “Cursor Introduces Composer 2.5” Generous usage with open models
“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.”
Comment from 9 May 2026 in “GPT-5.5 Price Increase: What It Costs” “coding plans that allows a massive usage of GLM 5.1, Kimi k2.6”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “The last six months in LLMs in five minutes”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Slow responses at times
“was doing ok but was painfully slow”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “GLM-5.2 is the step change for open agents” Not suited to private work
“Don't think I'm comfortable using it for more private work”
Comment from 24 Apr 2026 in “I Cancelled Claude: Token Issues, Declining Quality, and Poor Support”
Other coding subscriptions people recommend
The four most recommended other coding subscriptions, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z.ai GLM Coding Subscription | 68 | 54 | 56% | 11 | 1 yr8 owners | — |
| Cerebras Code | 28 | 12 | 70% | 10 | 3 mo4 owners | Approved |
| MiniMax Coding Plan | 8 | 1 | 89% | 5 | — | — |
| Alibaba Coding Plan | 6 | 7 | 46% | 5 | — | — |
| Kimi coding planThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The quota in the $100 Kimi Coding plan seems to roughly align with what I get from the $200 Anthropic plan”
“the Kimi plan quotas have been reduced by about 80%”
“was doing ok but was painfully slow”
“I wish they had a coding plan like Z.ai, Kimi, Minimax and Xiaomi (MiMo).”
“coding plans that allows a massive usage of GLM 5.1, Kimi k2.6”
“I think anybody will be much better by acquiring a coding plan from Kimi.com”
“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.”
“Getting a coding plan from Kimi.com will make coding 20x cheaper than using Anthropic.”
“I am getting a lot of bang for the buck.”
“Don't think I'm comfortable using it for more private work”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.