Tongyi Lingma
IDE plugin plus agent mode built on Qwen-Coder, widely deployed inside Chinese enterprises.
Full Tongyi Lingma record →Head to head
Tongyi Lingma (Alibaba) and Codex (OpenAI) both sit in Coding. Tongyi Lingma is the cheaper entry point at Free for individuals. Enterprise versions and standard subscriptions are available.. Tongyi Lingma shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (9 vs 8). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Tongyi Lingma Alibaba | Codex OpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Coding | Coding |
| Version | 2.0 | Codex |
| Entry cost | Free for individuals. Enterprise versions and standard subscriptions are available. | from $20/mo |
| Pricing tiers | 个人版 (Personal Edition) free · 企业标准版 (Enterprise Standard Edition) free · 企业专属版 (Enterprise Exclusive Edition) free | Plus $20 · Pro $200 · Business $25 · API free |
| Model stack | Qwen · Qwen3-Coder · Tongyi Qianwen · Tongyi Qwen | 5.6 Sol · GPT-4 · GPT-5.2 · GPT-5.2-Codex · GPT-5.4 · GPT-5.6 · GPT-5.6 Luna · GPT-5.6 Sol · GPT-5.6 Terra · GPT-6 Astra · GPT-Live · gpt-oss |
| Context window | 1M tokens (repo indexing) | 400K tokens |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 9 | 8 |
| Origin | China | Global |
| Capabilities | Agent mode, Repo-level context, Unit test generation, Qoder IDE, Code completion, AI chat, Multi-file editing, Image to code | Codex CLI, Codex IDE extension, Codex cloud, Codex Micro, Code review, Security workbench, Code generation, Codex Security |
IDE plugin plus agent mode built on Qwen-Coder, widely deployed inside Chinese enterprises.
Full Tongyi Lingma record →A software engineering agent that runs tasks in parallel sandboxes and opens pull requests.
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