Qoder

Name: Qoder
Author: Alibaba (operated by Bright Zenith Private Limited, Singapore)

Qoder launched in August 2025 as an agentic IDE with an autonomous Quest mode and auto-generated Repo Wiki. By September 2026 it is a product family: the new task-centric Qoder desktop app, Qoder IDE, Qoder CLI, a JetBrains plugin, Cloud Agents and an Agent SDK. It routes across Qwen, DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM and in-house model tiers, and supports bring-your-own-key endpoints. It is closed source and billed in monthly credits.

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What reviewers and users praise

Autonomous end-to-end feature work (Quest) is the most-cited strength in reviews (ToolCenter, VibecodingHub) and in user reports comparing it favourably with Cursor
Low effective cost during frequent model promotions (e.g. discounted Qwen3.8-Max), noted repeatedly by Reddit users
Wide model choice including Chinese open-weight models and BYOK, which a long-time Cursor user cited as a reason to switch

What they criticise

Credit consumption is unpredictable and has spiked for routine tasks, per multiple Reddit and official-forum threads; MakerStack and ToolCenter also flag cost predictability
Users report regressions and instability after updates (Reddit, Sep 2026; official forum, Jun 2026)
The 'Share & Improve' data-use setting cannot be disabled on the free Community Edition (user report; privacy policy says opt-out depends on plan)
Model identity behind built-in tiers is not disclosed, which some users dislike

Rating certificate · AW/26-09/03626 Sept 2026

58of 100

Qoder

Alibaba (operated by Bright Zenith Private Limited, Singapore) · Coding agents

ProvisionalTrust B

Adoption66

Experts—

Crowd45

Experts vs the crowdneeds both scores

Experts—

Crowd45

Price	Free, paid from $20
Use it via	Desktop app, IDE extension, CLI, Mobile app, API, MCP server
Runs on	macos, windows, linux
Licence	proprietary
Updated	Evidence collected 26 Sept 2026

How the rating was worked out

Weights for Coding agents: adoption 35%, experts 40%, crowd 25%. Pillars without enough evidence are left out and the others re-weighted. The method.

Adoption & momentumweight 35%	66	npm weekly downloads `12k` → 29 · Reported users `6M` → 75 · `34` releases in 90 days → 100 reach × 0.7 + momentum × 0.3
Expertsindependent reviews · weight 40%	—	No independent reviews found
Crowdcommunity sample · weight 25%	45	15 dated posts from reddit, hackernews, forum: 5 positive · 3 mixed · 7 negative (positive + ½ mixed) ÷ n, averaged toward 50 for small samples
Rating	58	Provisional: low confidence (2 of 3 pillars, 15 community posts).

Evidence checks. 3 reviews from tool directories, AI-written pages or unnamed authors not counted. How evidence is checked.

Trust & safety

Seven dimensions graded A–D from documented facts. Overall: B.

Permission model

Three documented access-permission modes; 'Ask for approval' is the default (asks before non-read-only commands, edits outside the workspace, network access). No default OS-level sandbox documented for local tasks; Full access mode disables prompts. source

Data access scope

The selected workspace (local folder, worktree or SSH) is documented as the main file boundary; edits outside it require approval in default mode. Enterprise MCP access control and tool allowlists documented. source

Data storage

Cloud service; privacy policy states data is processed and stored on servers in the United States, Singapore and Japan, and describes deletion/de-identification and user deletion rights. Not self-hostable. source

Data retention & training

Privacy policy (updated 12 May 2026): de-identified User Content is used to research, develop and improve the services and kept up to five years; users may opt out via 'Share & Improve' 'depending on your plan'. A user reports it cannot be disabled on the free Community Edition. IDE FAQ separately says code is not stored. Treated as opt-out only. source

Incident history (24 months)

No security incidents or CVEs attributed to Qoder found in web searches (Sep 2026). Search coverage was limited; not a formal audit. source

Compliance

Vendor announced completion of an independent SOC 2 Type II examination (Security, Availability, Confidentiality) on 19 Aug 2026; site footer states 'SOC 2 | ISO27001 Certified'. Report itself not public. source

Transparency

Closed source. Detailed public changelog per product (IDE, CLI, JetBrains, SDK, Cloud Agents) and extensive public docs. source

The experts

0 named independent reviews found; dated reviews from the last 12 months are scored.

None found.

The crowd

15 coded posts from reddit, hackernews, forum.

5 positive3 mixed7 negative

negative
Every update seems to fix one thing and break two others.r/Qoder · 3 Sept 2026 · reddit.com
negative
For roughly the last week, I’ve been seeing extremely high credit usage in Qoder Desktop, even for very basic tasks.r/Qoder · 12 Aug 2026 · reddit.com
mixed
I really like Qoder, but I’m uncomfortable using it because Share & Improve cannot be disabled on the free Community Edition.r/Qoder · 31 Jul 2026 · reddit.com
positive
I am not sure if it's the model or the harness, but I think it beats Cursor Auto big time (I don't use 3rd party models).r/Qoder · 27 Jul 2026 · reddit.com
negative
I keep getting this message and it's hard to get anything done, this doesn't make me think it's a good idea to pay for Qoder so farr/Qoder · 24 Jul 2026 · reddit.com
positive
I'm just using up the free demo credits and getting an insane amount of shit done.r/Qoder · 20 Jul 2026 · reddit.com
mixed
been using qoder's insane promos and qwen 3.8 max is really good. qoder gets off on hiding models for some reasonr/codex · 25 Jul 2026 · reddit.com
positive
I noticed the Qoder IDE gave me a limited amount of tokens to try it for free and I was quite impressed with the results.r/Qwen_AI · 24 Jun 2026 · reddit.com

Pricing

As published, checked 26 Sept 2026.

Plan	Price	Notes
Community Edition (Free)	Free	Basic models only; BYOK supported; 14-day Pro trial with 300 credits for new users.
Pro	$20 / monthly	2,000 credits/month; falls back to basic models when credits run out.
Pro+	$60 / monthly	6,000 credits/month.
Ultra	$200 / monthly	20,000 credits/month.
Credit pack (add-on)	$20 / one-time	1,500 credits, valid 1 month, non-refundable.
Teams	$40 / monthly	Per seat; 3,000 credits per seat per month (raised from $30/2,000 on 30 Apr 2026).
Enterprise	$20 / monthly	Per seat, no included credits; shared add-on credits $40 per 3,000, valid 1 year.

Recent changes

27 Aug 2026
Launched the 'all-new Qoder' task-centric desktop app (v0.1.0) with Browser Use, Computer Use and model auto-routing; Quest window in Qoder IDE to retire on 15 Oct 2026. source
19 Aug 2026
Announced completion of an independent SOC 2 Type II examination. source
20 Jul 2026
Qoder IDE 1.16.0 introduced Qoder Security (L1/L2/L3 progressive code scanning). source
15 May 2026
Qoder IDE 1.0 released. source
30 Apr 2026
Free tier became Community Edition with BYOK; Teams plan moved to $40/seat with 3,000 credits; individual-plan 50% discount ended. source

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Sources

Every figure above traces to one of these, observed up to 26 Sept 2026.