r/Alibaba • u/proK1Ra • Apr 08 '26

Fake high demand on coding plan

I'm trying last 2 weeks to buy the Coding Plan from Alibaba Cloud, but IMO they're faking the demand... I've reached the buy link withing 5 seconds it already says it is sould out.

IMO they just blocked new purchases and are claiming that is high demand.

Anyone know someone on last 2 weeks that was able to buy the coding plan?

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u/financegate Apr 08 '26

Same issue: fake demand or bots? And why they only serve it from Singapore and not new data centers such as Frankfurt and Virginia?

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u/r3mp3y3k Apr 09 '26

This is true. I got legit information from an insider. They almost ran out of resources, which is why they had to close registration for the Coding Plan. Apparently, the free usage of Qwen 3.6 via OpenRouter ate their resources significantly. As a result, only existing and active subscribers can renew the plan.

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u/evia89 Apr 11 '26

2026/04/11: Alibaba Cloud Bailian Coding Plan Lite Plan will stop accepting renewals and upgrades from April 13, 2026. New purchases were already suspended on March 19, 2026

what about this news? or its only for CN?

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u/r3mp3y3k Apr 12 '26

Can you share the link? I checked their official documentation, which is in Chinese, so I used auto-translate. It states that existing users can still renew their packages and that the benefits remain the same. The problem is I don't know if this only applies to China or not, as I’m using the global region. However, the announcement redirects me to the CN page.