Codebuff vs Tongyi Lingma 通义灵码
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Codebuff
Terminal-based AI coding agent
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Tongyi Lingma 通义灵码
Alibaba's AI coding assistant — rebranded Qoder CN in May 2026
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.6 / 10 | 6.4 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | — | Permanently free Individual Edition (no Agent turn cap); Individual Pro Edition is free during a limited preview period and includes up to 50 Agent conversation turns per month |
| Paid from | — | USD 32/user/month (Enterprise Dedicated Edition, minimum 100 users) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✓ |
| Users | — | Over 13 million plugin downloads total by May 2025 (was 9 million by January 2025) |
| Founded | 2024 | 2023 |
| Maker | — | Alibaba Cloud (Alibaba Cloud Computing Co. Ltd., a division of Alibaba Group) |
| Verdict | Codebuff is an open-source, terminal-first AI coding agent that understands your codebase and edits files directly from the command line, with an SDK for embedding it into projects. For developers who live in the termina... |
This is now Qoder CN — Alibaba retired the Tongyi Lingma name on May 20, 2026 and folded the assistant into its Qoder agentic-coding line, with credit-metered pricing arriving the same day. The free-for-everyone era is o... |
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