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Add comprehensive documentation for budget-friendly LLM providers: - Z.ai coding plans (Lite, Pro, Max tiers) - OpenRouter free tier limits and pricing Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Providers support coding plans
These provider provide a coding plan subscription, you can pre-pay a fee each month, then use their LLM api with a limit
Z.ai
Offer 3 plans:
- Lite: 3x usage of the Claude Pro plan
- Pro: 5x Lite plan usage
- Max: 4x Pro plan usage
Prices may change vary so I don't include here
Source: https://z.ai/subscribe 1
Homepage: https://docs.z.ai/devpack/overview
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Free providers
OpenRouter
Free usage limits: If you’re using a free model variant (with an ID ending in :free), you can make up to 20 requests per minute. The following per-day limits apply:
- If you have purchased less than 10 credits, you’re limited to 50 :free model requests per day.
- If you purchase at least 10 credits, your daily limit is increased to 1000 :free model requests per day.
Source: https://openrouter.ai/docs/api/reference/limits 2
Homepage: https://openrouter.ai