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BytePlus ModelArk Coding Lite

LLM 5.5/10

~1,900 requests/5h (~24,000/mo) across Seed-2.0-Pro/Lite/Code, Kimi K2.5, GLM-5.1, DeepSeek V3.2; OpenAI endpoint for all models + Anthropic endpoint (subset) in Claude Code/OpenCode; Singapore region

Requests / month
273.6K

BytePlus ModelArk Coding Lite scores 5.5/10 for free value in LLM. The main constraint: Paid — $10/mo ($30/3mo; Pro $50/mo = 5x quota). ~1,900 requests/5h (~24,000/mo) across Seed-2.0-Pro/Lite/Code, Kimi K2.5, GLM-5.1, DeepSeek V3.2; OpenAI endpoint for all models + Anthropic endpoint (subset) in Claude Code/OpenCode; Singapore region.

Category LLM Kind Paid plan Caveats ToS bans automation/API use of plan quota (suspension risk); BytePlus may PERMANENTLY use your anonymized coding inputs+outputs for training (no opt-out except leaving); max 6 consecutive subscription months; GLM-5.2 only on domestic Volcengine Agent Plan (Chinese real-name required)

Free value score

5.5 / 10
Show the math
Model Quality 7.2/10
value = 40 artificial_analysis_score
weighted score = 0.2 * 7.2/10
Requests 5.9/10
value = 273600 req/mo
weighted score = 0.1 * 5.9/10
Access 10/10
value = 10/10
score = 10/10
Price Efficiency 5/10
value = 1 value/$
weighted score = 0.7 * 5/10

Key metrics

GLM-5.1 40 Best model
274K R/mo Requests/month
1x Value ratio

What you get

Paid — $10/mo ($30/3mo; Pro $50/mo = 5x quota). ~1,900 requests/5h (~24,000/mo) across Seed-2.0-Pro/Lite/Code, Kimi K2.5, GLM-5.1, DeepSeek V3.2; OpenAI endpoint for all models + Anthropic endpoint (subset) in Claude Code/OpenCode; Singapore region

~24,000 requests/mo for $10 on Seed-2.0 + Kimi/GLM — cheap interactive coding volume, but locked to coding tools by ToS

Gotchas

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Sources

paid value llm-providers
Open service ← All LLM

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