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A Cursor-style AI IDE from ByteDance with a builder mode and heavily subsidised pricing.

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2 data points checked · 2026-09-10

Model stack: VerifiedEntry price: VerifiedVersion: UnverifiableHow this works →

Current version

2.1

Entry cost

Free tier · from $20/mo

Changes / 30d

3

The short answers · verified September 17, 2026

What is the latest version of Trae?
The current shipped version of Trae is 2.1, as of September 17, 2026.
How much does Trae cost?
Trae starts at $20 per month on its cheapest paid tier, as of September 17, 2026.
What AI model does Trae use?
Trae runs primarily on Claude Sonnet 4.5.

Source: ByteDance — docs.trae.ai · Reusable under CC BY 4.0 — cite Tomorrow

Capabilities

  • Builder mode
  • SOLO agent
  • Multi-file edits
  • MCP support
  • Rules files
  • Unlimited Autocomplete
  • TRAE IDE - SOLO mode
  • Concurrent cloud tasks
  • Model early access
  • Autocomplete
  • Concurrent Cloud Tasks
  • Model Early Access
  • Fast Queue Priority
  • TraeCode SOLO mode
  • TraeWork (Web/Desktop)
  • Priority Queue
  • Concurrent cloud tasks (TraeWork)
  • Cloud Tasks
  • TraeWork
  • TraeWork Cloud Tasks
  • Auto mode
  • Cloud tasks

Pricing

  • Free

    Limited usage, Limited Autocomplete, Auto mode only

    Free

  • Pro

    $20 usage / month, Unlimited Autocomplete, Up to 10 concurrent cloud tasks

    $20

  • Pro+

    $60 usage / month, Up to 15 concurrent cloud tasks

    $60

  • Ultra

    $200 usage / month, Model early access, Up to 20 concurrent cloud tasks

    $200

Entry price over time

7/25/2026 · $39/17/2026 · $20

Geek mode

Models under the hood

  • Claude 3.5 Sonnet

    Anthropic

    unknown

  • Claude Sonnet 4.5

    Anthropic

    disclosed

  • Claude/GPT/custom models

    Anthropic

    inferred

  • disclosed models not mentioned in pricing text

    disclosed models not mentioned in pricing text

    unknown

  • Doubao

    ByteDance

    disclosed

  • GPT-4o

    OpenAI

    unknown

  • GPT-5.2

    OpenAI

    disclosed

  • TraeCode

    ByteDance

    unknown

  • Unspecified AI models

    ByteDance

    unknown

Context window

model dependent

Public API

no

Multi-model routing

yes

Stack signals

  • VS Code fork
  • MCP
  • Volcano Engine backend

Shared model stack

Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.

green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unattributed. Aliases are folded into one model; provider concentration counts only models with an established vendor.

Reported scale

Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.

No public usage figure on record for this product.

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Change history

  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $20/mo

    $3$20

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Auto mode, Cloud tasks

    20 tracked22 tracked · +Auto mode, Cloud tasks

    source
  • model

    Trae added Claude 3.5 Sonnet, GPT-4o to its model stack

    Claude Sonnet 4.5, Claude/GPT/custom models, Doubao, GPT-5.2, TraeCode, Unspecified AI models, disclosed models not mentioned in pricing textClaude 3.5 Sonnet, Claude Sonnet 4.5, Claude/GPT/custom models, Doubao, GPT-4o, GPT-5.2, TraeCode, Unspecified AI models, disclosed models not mentioned in pricing text

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: TraeWork Cloud Tasks

    19 tracked20 tracked · +TraeWork Cloud Tasks

    source
  • model

    Trae added Claude/GPT/custom models to its model stack

    Claude Sonnet 4.5, Doubao, GPT-5.2, TraeCode, Unspecified AI models, disclosed models not mentioned in pricing textClaude Sonnet 4.5, Claude/GPT/custom models, Doubao, GPT-5.2, TraeCode, Unspecified AI models, disclosed models not mentioned in pricing text

    source
  • model

    Trae added disclosed models not mentioned in pricing text to its model stack

    Claude Sonnet 4.5, Doubao, GPT-5.2, TraeCode, Unspecified AI modelsClaude Sonnet 4.5, Doubao, GPT-5.2, TraeCode, Unspecified AI models, disclosed models not mentioned in pricing text

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: TraeWork

    18 tracked19 tracked · +TraeWork

    source
  • model

    Trae added TraeCode to its model stack

    Claude Sonnet 4.5, Doubao, GPT-5.2, Unspecified AI modelsClaude Sonnet 4.5, Doubao, GPT-5.2, TraeCode, Unspecified AI models

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Cloud Tasks

    17 tracked18 tracked · +Cloud Tasks

    source
  • model

    Trae added Unspecified AI models to its model stack

    Claude Sonnet 4.5, Doubao, GPT-5.2Claude Sonnet 4.5, Doubao, GPT-5.2, Unspecified AI models

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Concurrent cloud tasks (TraeWork)

    164

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Priority Queue

    155

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: TraeCode SOLO mode, TraeWork (Web/Desktop)

    135

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Autocomplete, Concurrent Cloud Tasks, Model Early Access

    95

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Unlimited Autocomplete, TRAE IDE - SOLO mode, Concurrent cloud tasks

    54

    source
  • capability

    SOLO autonomous agent mode opened to free users

    Builder modeBuilder mode, SOLO agent

    source
  • pricing

    Pro tier repriced to $3/mo in most markets

    103

    source
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Tomorrow. (2026). Trae — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-09-17, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/trae
BibTeX
@misc{tomorrow-tools-trae,
  author       = {{Tomorrow}},
  title        = {Trae — version, pricing and model stack},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {AlienSquad},
  howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/trae}},
  note         = {Accessed: 2026-09-17}
}