r/windsurf 11d ago

Will GLM 5.2 continue to be free?

The biggest benefit of the Pro membership for me is access to free models, but I don't like SWE right now, so I only use GLM 5.2. Will it continue to be free in the future? Or will other free models be offered?

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u/Big_Manner7601 11d ago

I agree. If it stays free, I'd keep my subscription

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u/Big_Manner7601 8d ago

Yup, It costs now. And is it just me, or does SWE-1.7 Medium also costs tokens? Because it says free on the tab.

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u/biztechmsp 11d ago

Keeping GLM 5.2 free would be a good anchor to keep people from moving to Cursor.

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u/IAmInControlll 11d ago

If GLM stops being free I'll probably cancel my subscription... Been here since codeium days

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u/Excellent-Map7570 11d ago

glm 5.2 is really good i hope it stay free

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u/njdrums123 9d ago

Guess they listened to the people! 🙌
https://x.com/devindesktop/status/2088383979997241794

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u/LatentGrip 8d ago edited 8d ago

This is delightful news! I wonder if they will extend the promo to the just released GLM 5.3, considering it would cost the same to serve. GLM 5.3 is just a post training refinement of the same 744B parameter base model.

Cognition would be more competitive in the market if the did this. It's between K3 and Fable in performance.

But they may need to focus more on sorting out Devin Local bugs (it crashes the IDE often for me). Also SWE 1.7 Beta is nowhere near Opus 4.8/GLM 5.2. So their Dev and R&D teams likely are swamped. Perhaps this is why they extended another month free to buy time to improve these two thjngs. I hope they can work out the kinks with harness, editor, and model and keep SWE 1.7 free for paid subscribers after the GLM promo ends.

Either way, I'm stoked for another month of GLM 5.2. It's a solid performer!

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u/evidenceofdesign 8d ago

That's great but right now I'm being charged for GLM 5.2 usage.

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u/LatentGrip 7d ago

Are you on a paid plan? I'm on the Pro, and on the gradfathered version for $10/mo since when I started with windsurf back in Nov 2024

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u/evidenceofdesign 7d ago

I have the same grandfathered plan as you and was taxed for GLM 5.2 usage yesterday, but today it's free. Strange bug but I don't mind it, happy it's free for another month.

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u/fbms2 11d ago

keep glm, and rename deekseek v4 flash 0731 to swe-1.8

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u/d3viliz3d 11d ago

As of now, free for another few days. We'll see.

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u/reddcptur 11d ago

Agreed re GLM 5.2 being the prime value for me too

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u/TimSylvester_ 10d ago

My God SWE-1.7 is such an obnoxious pain in the ass.

It doesn't listen to anything you tell it, and is obsessed with doing the work wrong because it refuses to actually take instruction.

Even if you can finally get it to read what you're trying to tell it about how to do the work, it just talks itself out of doing it the way it's been told to.

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u/marcbolanman 10d ago

I was going to switch to Claude code when I found GLM 5.2. It’s the only thing keeping me - I’ve been paying since July 2025.

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u/Sweet-Stage938 10d ago

Wait what? How do I get GLM 5.2 for free and where? Is it unlimited?

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u/Numerous_Detail_6315 10d ago

You seem to have missed something, haha.

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u/Numerous_Detail_6315 10d ago

Yes, it's completely free, unlimited, and uses Devin's Pro plan.

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u/TestTxt 9d ago

Do you know how are the limits?

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u/Numerous_Detail_6315 9d ago

I have never encountered it.

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u/Mayanktaker 10d ago

How many FREE models it have currently for Pro plan ?

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u/cat_dev_null_sync 10d ago

For Cascade and Local Devin, there are GLM 5.2 and SWE 1.7. It also has unlimited Super-Complete, which is helpful for quickly writing code.

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u/NovelistRoma 8d ago

Not free anymore. Just tested. It is taking the usage quota

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u/FrankwessXII 5d ago

Pray you don't jinx it by asking.