Daily free allowance for international individual users
Qoder, the AI coding tool run by China's Alibaba, on Nov. 7 (Singapore time) made "Qoduck," a "stealth" model whose identity is not disclosed, free for a limited time. Individual users of the international version, "Qoder International," can use it up to a set number of times per day without consuming Credits, the unit of usage. No start time was given, and no end date has been set. Qoder says it will announce the end date in advance through official channels.
@aitrackerbot, an X account that tracks the appearance of models, reported it the same day (Nov. 7 Japan time).
Qoder is an AI coding service in which AI agents (systems in which AI carries out work on its own) handle programming, launched by Alibaba in August 2025.
0 Credits within the allowance, even at the deepest thinking
Qoduck is normally a model that consumes Credits at a 0.5x rate. Within the daily free allowance, the multiplier is 0.0x, and it consumes no Credits even when used at the deepest thinking setting. Members of paid plans receive a larger allowance than free plan users. However, the number of uses per day has not been disclosed for any plan.
Once the allowance is used up, users can keep using it at the usual 0.5x rate or switch to another model. The allowance resets the next day. Calls within the free allowance do not reduce the 100 general-purpose Credits users receive daily separately from Qoduck. No sign-up is required; it applies automatically to those who meet the conditions.
Qoder says it may change the daily allowance or the period depending on the availability of computing resources. During busy periods, responses may be slower or users may have to wait in a queue. After the period ends, the model will consume Credits at a rate to be announced at that time.
Team and enterprise contracts, IDE and CLI excluded
Eligible users are new and existing individual users of the international version on the Free, Pro Trial, Lite, Pro, Pro+ and Ultra plans. This includes free accounts and accounts with zero remaining Credits. Teams, for teams, and Enterprise, for businesses, are excluded, and Qoduck does not appear among their model options.
The products it can be used in are also limited. Qoder says that products such as Qoder IDE, the Qoder plugin for JetBrains and Qoder CLI do not currently support this promotion. To use it, users sign in with an individual international account, update Qoder to the latest version and select Qoduck from the list of models. The announcement does not specifically name the supported products.
Under regular subscriptions separate from the campaign, monthly prices for paid individual plans are $10 for Lite, $20 for Pro, $60 for Pro+ and $200 for Ultra, each with a set amount of Credits every month. These monthly prices and monthly Credits are a separate system from Qoduck's daily free allowance. The number of uses in the free allowance is not given for any plan.
Identity not disclosed
Qoder says it has not yet revealed what Qoduck is and will announce it at an appropriate time. There has been outside speculation about its identity, but Qoder has not confirmed any of it, and ORIENS has not verified its performance.
Qoder's announcement says that reselling or relaying Qoder's services without permission may result in usage restrictions or account termination.
