The comparison at a glance
Alibaba currently lists three Token Plan Individual tiers: Lite, Standard and Pro. Its published limited-time monthly prices are $6, $18 and $68 respectively, compared with displayed reference prices of $8, $25 and $80. Promotional prices can change, so this article treats them as a dated snapshot rather than a permanent promise.
All three tiers use the same two fixed Credit windows and are intended for one person's interactive use in supported coding and agent tools. Paying for a higher tier primarily increases the amount of work that can fit inside each window and the recommended number of concurrent agents. It does not turn the subscription into a general-purpose production API.
Published tier limits
Alibaba describes Standard as four times Lite usage and Pro as sixteen times Lite usage. Those ratios match the seven-day quotas exactly and are close to the five-hour ratios after rounding. They should not be translated into a fixed number of tasks because each request's Credit deduction depends on its model, token volume, thinking mode and tool calls.
- Lite - limited-time $6 per month; 700 Credits per five hours; 2,500 Credits per seven days; one to two recommended concurrent agents.
- Standard - limited-time $18 per month; 3,000 Credits per five hours; 10,000 Credits per seven days; three to four recommended concurrent agents.
- Pro - limited-time $68 per month; 12,000 Credits per five hours; 40,000 Credits per seven days; six to eight recommended concurrent agents.
Lite: a lower-cost way to learn the workflow
Lite provides the smallest burst and seven-day allowances. It is the most conservative choice for someone configuring one supported tool, testing several included models and doing occasional interactive work. Its published one-to-two-agent guidance can also suit a developer who keeps only one primary coding assistant active.
The trade-off is that agentic work can consume several calls and tools for one visible task. Long reasoning sessions, repeated web-search calls or media generation may reach a 700-Credit five-hour ceiling faster than a simple prompt suggests. Lite is therefore easier to assess when the user is willing to review consumption in the subscription console and narrow tasks.
Standard: more room for regular individual use
Standard increases the five-hour allowance to 3,000 Credits and the seven-day allowance to 10,000. Alibaba publishes a three-to-four concurrent-agent range for this middle tier. The larger windows provide more flexibility for frequent coding assistance or switching among text, visual-understanding and creative models.
Recommended does not mean universally optimal. A developer whose work is sporadic may leave much of a fixed window unused, and unused Credits do not carry over. Someone whose tasks regularly hit Standard's seven-day ceiling may need Pro, but that conclusion should come from observed Credit history rather than an assumed prompt count.
Pro: higher burst capacity and concurrency
Pro raises the limits to 12,000 Credits per five hours and 40,000 per seven days, with guidance for six to eight concurrent agents. It is the Individual tier positioned for heavier interactive usage, multiple simultaneous agent sessions or workloads that combine model reasoning with Harness tools and multimodal generation.
Pro still has fixed windows. Reaching either limit pauses service, and it remains a single-user subscription. The higher concurrency figure is guidance rather than a performance assurance; Alibaba notes that peak periods can cause queuing. Pro should not be used as a workaround for a team, backend or scheduled automation.
Choose by measured workload, not headline capacity
A useful selection method is to identify the tools and model IDs you intend to use, estimate how concentrated your sessions are, then monitor actual Credit deductions. Short, efficient text tasks and long, tool-heavy agent loops do not consume alike. Image and video models also use separate integration patterns and can have materially different Credit deductions.
If Lite proves too restrictive, Alibaba allows an upgrade and prorates the remaining subscription period; both fixed-window limits rise immediately. Downgrading is not supported during an active subscription, and Individual currently does not support cancellation. That makes a low-risk starting tier reasonable when requirements are uncertain, provided the buyer understands the current terms.