🪦 Dead
Qwen Code Free Tier
Feature removed · Monetization Pivot · shut down April 15, 2026
- Born
- Died
- Lifespan
- 1y 7m
- Cause of death
- Monetization Pivot
- Killed by
- Alibaba
- Type
- Service
Alibaba's terminal coding agent — a direct Claude Code rival running Qwen3-Coder models with competitive SWE-Bench scores. The free OAuth tier was killed 48 hours after MiniMax made the same move, as Chinese AI labs pivot from 'free for growth' to subscription economics. Daily free requests slashed from 1,000 to 100.