Model Comparison

My Main Reason for Using TRAE: Free Programming LLMs Yes — the TRAE China version lets you try multiple large models for free. As shown in the screenshot, all of these models are available at no cost for trial. Here’s the full list of free models: Doubao-Seed-2.0-Code、 Doubao-Seed-1.8、 Doubao-Seed-Code、 MiniMax-M2.7、 MiniMax-M2.5、 GLM-5.1、 GLM-5V-Turbo、 GLM-5、 DeepSeek-V4-Pro、 DeepSeek-V4-Flash、 Kimi-K2.6、 Kimi-K2.5、 Qwen3.6-Plus、 Qwen3.5-Plus、 But here’s the catch: when using these free models, you often need to wait anywhere from 1 to 10 minutes. In my experience, the average wait is around 3 minutes. But honestly — when you’re heading to bed or stepping away for a coffee, waiting 3–10 minutes is perfectly acceptable. ...

i like deepseek and Qwen Before May 2026, I had never used DeepSeek, Qwen 3.6 Plus, or any other Chinese LLMs for programming. As readers of my previous blog might recall, I primarily relied on GitHub Copilot’s models, favoring Claude Sonnet 3.6 and Claude Opus 4.7 (a bit pricey—if you’re wealthy, pretend I didn’t say that). My secondary choice was GPT Codex 5.3. So when I first considered using DeepSeek or Qwen 3.6 Plus, I was skeptical—worried their code quality wouldn’t meet my standards. ...