# Model Plan

> Which AI coding model, at which reasoning effort, on which coding plan. Model Plan compares every coding model at its own ★ recommended effort (not just its top setting), shows ability, cost and task time at every effort, and tracks coding plan prices, quotas, off-peak hours and quota resets. Independent, no paid placement; all data is public and read-only.

Data publication 295b572efe62dc6e0efe39e7, published 2026-10-24T01:42:07.562Z. Numbers change with each publication; read the live API instead of quoting old values.

## Pages
- [AI Coding Model Leaderboard · ranked at each model's recommended effort](https://modelplan.ai/): AI coding model leaderboard: every model compared at its own best-value ★ reasoning effort, not just its top setting. Ability, cost and task time in one view, plus the coding plans that cover them.
- [Recommended reasoning effort for every AI coding model, Low to Max](https://modelplan.ai/effort): Low to Max for every AI coding model: ability, cost and task time at each effort, the ★ recommended one marked, and what one more step up buys and costs.
- [AI coding plan comparison · prices, quotas and covered models](https://modelplan.ai/plans): Coding plans by maker and by model: price, 5-hour and weekly quotas, which models and efforts each plan covers, with sources.
- [Burn Windows · off-peak hours, peaks and quota resets](https://modelplan.ai/windows): Off-peak hours, peak hours, quota resets and promotions for coding plans by week, with calendar feeds.
- [Mission Briefing · latest changes to AI coding models and plans](https://modelplan.ai/updates): Pricing, quota, promotion and reset news for AI coding models and plans, each with its original source.
- [Tool Bay · Model Plan Skill, Claude Code and Codex plugins, CLI and API](https://modelplan.ai/hangar): Bring recommended efforts and plan data into Claude Code, Codex and the terminal: an open-source Skill, plugins, the modelplan CLI, and a key-free read-only API and calendar feeds.
- [Methodology · how ability, cost and the recommended effort are worked out](https://modelplan.ai/methodology): Formulas for ability, reference-task cost, task time and the ★ recommended effort, model selection rules and every data source.
- [About Model Plan](https://modelplan.ai/about): An independent, open project comparing AI coding models and plans: recommended efforts, a leaderboard at those efforts and plan advice, with checkable public data.

## Data (anonymous, read-only JSON)
- [Client digest](https://modelplan.ai/v1/client): current models, every native effort with ability, cost per reference task and time, the recommended effort, per-maker lineups with verdicts, speed tiers, calendar windows and resets
- [Models](https://modelplan.ai/v1/models): full model metrics
- [Coding plans](https://modelplan.ai/v1/plan-groups): plan prices and tiers by product line
- [News](https://modelplan.ai/v1/news?lang=en): pricing, quota and reset news with sources
- [OpenAPI](https://modelplan.ai/openapi.json): every endpoint
- [Calendar](https://modelplan.ai/calendar.ics): off-peak, peak and reset events (ICS)

## Tools
- [Model Plan Skill](https://github.com/modelplan/modelplan/tree/main/skills/model-plan): for Claude Code, Codex and any agent with Skills; answers model and effort questions from the live data and the user's local quota
- [modelplan CLI, Claude Code and Codex plugins](https://github.com/modelplan/modelplan): open source (MIT)
- [Methodology](https://github.com/modelplan/modelplan/blob/main/METHODOLOGY.md)

## Leaderboard at the ★ recommended effort

★ is the best-value effort among a model's own efforts, not its top effort; the top effort is listed separately. Ability is the Model Plan ability score: a frozen scale where 50 is the September 2026 frontier average and 10 points are about one standard deviation; not a percentage, so it can fall below 0 or rise above 100. Cost is the API cost of one reference coding task in USD.

| Model | Maker | Recommended effort | Ability | Cost per task (USD) | Top effort (ability · cost) | Verdict |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Gemini 4 Argon](https://modelplan.ai/models/gemini-4-argon) | Google | High | 61.6 | $4.26 | same as ★ | Strongest · Best value |
| [Muse Wonder](https://modelplan.ai/models/muse-wonder) | Meta | Max | 58.0 | $7.57 | same as ★ | Strongest · Best value |
| [GPT-6 Astra](https://modelplan.ai/models/gpt-6-astra) | OpenAI | Med | 55.6 | $3.40 | Max · 61.2 · $7.55 | Outclassed |
| [Claude Opus 5.5](https://modelplan.ai/models/claude-opus-5-5) | Anthropic | Med | 55.5 | $2.90 | Max · 67.2 · $11.75 | Strongest · Best value |
| [GPT-6.1 Sol](https://modelplan.ai/models/gpt-6-1-sol) | OpenAI | Med | 55.2 | $0.613 | XHigh · 60.1 · $1.03 | Strongest · Best value |
| [Claude Fable 5.1](https://modelplan.ai/models/claude-fable-5-1) | Anthropic | Med | 54.2 | $5.61 | Max · 62.1 · $13.89 | Outclassed |
| [MiMo-V2.6-Pro](https://modelplan.ai/models/mimo-v2-6-pro) | Xiaomi | Max | 52.6 | $0.379 | same as ★ | Strongest · Best value |
| [Qwen3.8 Max (0902)](https://modelplan.ai/models/qwen3-8-max-0902) | Alibaba | Max | 50.7 | $15.41 | same as ★ | Strongest · Best value |
| [Muse Spark 1.3](https://modelplan.ai/models/muse-spark-1-3) | Meta | Max | 50.5 | $3.25 | same as ★ | Cheapest |
| [Claude Sonnet 5.5](https://modelplan.ai/models/claude-sonnet-5-5) | Anthropic | High | 49.6 | $1.51 | Max · 65.8 · $11.93 |  |
| [Grok 4.7](https://modelplan.ai/models/grok-4-7) | SpaceXAI | High | 48.8 | $5.49 | XHigh · 50.1 · $7.44 | Strongest · Best value |
| [GLM-5.3](https://modelplan.ai/models/glm-5-3) | 智谱 AI | Max | 47.7 | $4.53 | same as ★ | Strongest · Best value |
| [Claude Haiku 5.5](https://modelplan.ai/models/claude-haiku-5-5) | Anthropic | XHigh | 42.7 | $0.487 | Max · 44.3 · $1.46 | Cheapest |
| [GLM-5.3-Flash](https://modelplan.ai/models/glm-5-3-flash) | 智谱 AI | Max | 41.4 | $0.471 | same as ★ | Cheapest |
| [Grok 4.6](https://modelplan.ai/models/grok-4-6) | SpaceXAI | Med | 41.1 | $2.54 | XHigh · 45.3 · $4.17 | Cheapest |
| [Kimi K3](https://modelplan.ai/models/kimi-k3) | Kimi | Max | 39.9 | $5.94 | same as ★ | Cheapest |
| [Gemini 3.8 Flash](https://modelplan.ai/models/gemini-3-8-flash) | Google | High | 39.2 | $2.86 | same as ★ | Cheapest |
| [MiMo-V2.6-Flash](https://modelplan.ai/models/mimo-v2-6-flash) | Xiaomi | Max | 35.1 | $0.178 | same as ★ | Cheapest |
| [GPT-5.6 Sol](https://modelplan.ai/models/gpt-5-6-sol) | OpenAI | Med | 34.5 | $1.48 | Max · 50.3 · $5.99 | Outclassed |
| [GPT-5.6 Terra](https://modelplan.ai/models/gpt-5-6-terra) | OpenAI | High | 29.1 | $0.901 | Max · 45.0 · $3.66 | Outclassed |
| [DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731](https://modelplan.ai/models/deepseek-v4-flash-0731) | DeepSeek | Max | 27.8 | $0.159 | same as ★ | Cheapest |
| [GPT-6 Luna](https://modelplan.ai/models/gpt-6-luna) | OpenAI | High | 26.9 | $0.083 | Max · 37.6 · $0.177 | Cheapest |

## How to read the ★ effort and the ability score

**Is the ★ effort the top effort?** No, by design. ★ is the effort that gives the most for its cost per reference task among a model's own efforts. The top effort's ability and cost are listed beside it on the leaderboard and every model page, and the home field can switch every model to its top effort.

**Why does ★ differ from the vendor's default effort?** A vendor default is a product setting that also weighs responsiveness, rate limits and positioning; taken together, no single ability-for-cost trade-off explains every vendor's defaults. Model Plan shows the vendor default beside ★ as a reference, not as an input.

**Why do cheap models get higher efforts than expensive ones?** Marginal value: one step up costs cents on a cheap model and a dollar or more on an expensive one, so the same ability gain is worth more on the cheap model.

**Why can the ability score be negative or above 100?** It is not a percentage but a frozen scale: 50 is the September 2026 frontier average and 10 points are about one standard deviation. Configurations far below that level (mostly non-reasoning settings) fall below 0, and stronger future models will pass 100. The scale is frozen so scores stay comparable over time.

**What are the known limits?** Ability comes from public benchmarks, both general and coding; cost is one reference task at official API prices (Claude and Codex subscription quotas track API prices too); some times are estimates and are marked. ★ is a product rule calibrated on recorded owner preferences, not a guarantee of task success.

## Coding plans

- [Alibaba Coding Plan](https://modelplan.ai/plans/alibaba-coding-plan)
- [Alibaba Token Plan](https://modelplan.ai/plans/alibaba-token-plan)
- [BigModel Coding Plan](https://modelplan.ai/plans/bigmodel-coding-plan)
- [ChatGPT / Codex](https://modelplan.ai/plans/openai-chatgpt-codex)
- [Claude](https://modelplan.ai/plans/anthropic-claude)
- [Command Code](https://modelplan.ai/plans/commandcode-subscription)
- [Cursor](https://modelplan.ai/plans/cursor-subscription)
- [DeepSeek API](https://modelplan.ai/plans/deepseek-api)
- [Devin](https://modelplan.ai/plans/devin-subscription)
- [GitHub Copilot](https://modelplan.ai/plans/github-copilot)
- [Google Antigravity](https://modelplan.ai/plans/google-antigravity)
- [Kimi / Kimi Code](https://modelplan.ai/plans/kimi-membership)
- [Kiro](https://modelplan.ai/plans/kiro-subscription)
- [MiMo Token Plan](https://modelplan.ai/plans/xiaomi-token-plan)
- [MiniMax M Plan](https://modelplan.ai/plans/minimax-m-plan)
- [Muse Code](https://modelplan.ai/plans/meta-muse-code)
- [Ollama Cloud](https://modelplan.ai/plans/ollama-cloud)
- [OpenCode Go](https://modelplan.ai/plans/opencode-go)
- [OpenCode Zen / Console](https://modelplan.ai/plans/opencode-zen)
- [SuperGrok](https://modelplan.ai/plans/xai-supergrok)
- [The X Subscription](https://modelplan.ai/plans/xai-x-subscription)
- [Volcano Ark Agent Plan](https://modelplan.ai/plans/volcengine-agent-plan)
- [Volcano Ark Coding Plan](https://modelplan.ai/plans/volcengine-coding-plan)
- [Z.ai Coding Plan](https://modelplan.ai/plans/zai-coding-plan)