Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Lite (Personal) vs Tencent Cloud Lite vs Volcengine Ark Small Plan Comparison
This page compares Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Lite (Personal) vs Tencent Cloud Lite vs Volcengine Ark Small side by side across pricing, usage quotas, concurrency, supported models, availability, and intended coding workflows. Use the structured comparison to choose a plan that fits your budget and usage pattern, and confirm the latest provider terms before subscribing.
| Metric | Alibaba Cloud Model StudioLite (Personal)Good value | Tencent CloudLiteIn stockStrong models | Volcengine ArkSmallIn stockStrong models |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provider / Type | Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Token Plan Token Plan | Tencent Cloud Tencent Cloud TokenHub Token Plan Token Plan | Volcengine Ark Volcengine Ark Agent Plan Token Plan |
| Audience | Personal | Personal | Personal / Enterprise |
| Availability | Sold out | Currently sold out. | Available | Monthly billing; eligibility and stock follow the Tencent Cloud official order page. | Limited | The CNY 9.9 promotional price applies for up to the first two months; the plan-price promotion ends on 2026-11-08, and quantity is limited. |
| First month · CNY | — | — | |
| Monthly · CNY | ¥39 / Monthly | ¥40 / Monthly | |
| Quarterly · CNY | — | — | |
| Yearly · CNY | — | — | |
| Request quota (5h / week / month) | - / - / - | - / - / - | 200 (Estimated) / 700 (Estimated) / 2,000 (Estimated) |
| Credit quota (5h / week / month) | - / 2,500 / - | - / - / 780 | - / - / - |
| Token quota (5h / week / month) | - / - / - | - / - / - | - / - / 22,000,000 (Estimated) |
| Agent concurrency | 1-2 | - | - |
| Supported models | Qwen3.8 Max PreviewHappyHorse 1.1 T2VWan 2.7 Image ProWan 2.7 ImageHappyHorse 1.1 I2VQwen3.6 FlashHappyHorse 1.1 R2V | Auto | Doubao Seed 2.0Doubao Seedream 5.0 Lite |
| Harness / client tools | Claude Code, Web Search, Web Scraping, Cursor, Code Interpreter, Qwen Code, Image Search by Image, Image Search by Text, Qoder, Qoder CN, OpenClaw | Claude Code, Cline, Codebuddy, Codex, Cursor, Kilo CLI, OpenClaw, OpenCode | - |
| Overview and notes | Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Token Plan Lite individual tier. Lite is measured with 5-hour and 7-day Credit windows. Qwen3.8-Max-Preview promotional discounts follow current official rules. Image generation benefit: Token Plan personal tiers also include qwen-image-3.0-pro image generation (not listed in the coding-model comparison above). Currently sold out. | Tencent Cloud TokenHub general Token Plan Lite for personal coding/agent use with monthly quota. Note: this is a Token Plan, not a Coding Plan. It includes a 35M-token quota, approximately 70 question-and-answer rounds. Lite and Pro are currently shown as sold out. Refer to the official Tencent Cloud page for purchase availability. Supported models are summarized from the official page as GLM, Kimi, MiniMax, and others. Verify exact versions on the purchase page. Refer to Tencent Cloud official documentation for quota reset and tool compatibility details. 1,200 requests/5 hours, 9,000 requests/week, and 18,000 requests/month. Model retirement record: Kimi-K2.5 was retired on 2026-07-31; MiniMax-M2.5 was retired on 2026-08-06. Refer to Tencent Cloud official documentation for the current model list. Monthly billing; eligibility and stock follow the Tencent Cloud official order page. | Volcengine Ark Agent Plan Small at the standard monthly price of CNY 40. AFP credit-based billing applies. See https://www.volcengine.com/docs/82379/2366394. Calculated using the best-model 9x multiplier: 1 AFP equals approximately 1,111 tokens. There are 5-hour, weekly, and monthly token limits but no request-count limit. The table assumes 11K tokens per request using the best model. 50 web searches per month. The CNY 9.9 promotional price applies for up to the first two months; the plan-price promotion ends on 2026-11-08, and quantity is limited. |
| Official link | Open provider | Open provider | Open provider |
Pricing
Alibaba Cloud Model StudioLite (Personal)
Tencent CloudLite
Â¥39 / Monthly
Volcengine ArkSmall
Core info
Alibaba Cloud Model StudioLite (Personal)
AvailabilitySold out | Currently sold out.
Agent concurrency1-2
Tencent CloudLite
AvailabilityAvailable | Monthly billing; eligibility and stock follow the Tencent Cloud official order page.
Agent concurrency-
Volcengine ArkSmall
AvailabilityLimited | The CNY 9.9 promotional price applies for up to the first two months; the plan-price promotion ends on 2026-11-08, and quantity is limited.
Agent concurrency-
Quota
Alibaba Cloud Model StudioLite (Personal)
Request quota- / - / -
Credit quota- / 2,500 / -
Token quota- / - / -
Tencent CloudLite
Request quota- / - / -
Credit quota- / - / 780
Token quota- / - / -
Volcengine ArkSmall
Request quota200 (Estimated) / 700 (Estimated) / 2,000 (Estimated)
Credit quota- / - / -
Token quota- / - / 22,000,000 (Estimated)
Supported models
Alibaba Cloud Model StudioLite (Personal)
Qwen3.8 Max PreviewHappyHorse 1.1 T2V
Tencent CloudLite
Volcengine ArkSmall
Doubao Seed 2.0