# Trae

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Trae and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for its interface, planning and one-shot task completion. Critics say plan credits were cut from $400 to $100.

## Why people recommend it

- Strong interface design (2 comments): "Trae of Cursor offer much better interface, harness and plan" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48223953)) "the best UI is probably bytedance's TRAE" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45969681))
- Fast one-shot task completion (1 comments): "TRAE one-shotted this for me in two minutes." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45931823))
- Good planning and harness (1 comments): "Trae of Cursor offer much better interface, harness and plan" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48223953))

## What people warn about

- Plan credits cut sharply (2 comments): "just last week trae.ai reduced its plan credits from 400$ to 100$" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49841857)) "reduced from 400$ to 100$ credits" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49919074))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Cursor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cursor.md): 853 recommend
- [Google Antigravity](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-antigravity.md): 337 recommend
- [Intent by Augment Code](https://hackerapproved.com/p/intent.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.trae.ai/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Trae", https://hackerapproved.com/p/trae/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).