# Model Plan

> Which AI coding model, at which reasoning effort, on which coding plan. Model Plan compares every coding model at its own ★ recommended effort (not just its top setting), shows ability, cost and task time at every effort, and tracks coding plan prices, quotas, off-peak hours and quota resets. Independent, no paid placement; all data is public and read-only.

Data publication 0097239839f5432f7eda003c, published 2026-10-15T13:32:11.907Z. Numbers change with each publication; read the live API instead of quoting old values.

## Pages
- [Model Plan · Coding models ranked at their recommended effort](https://modelplan.ai/): Every AI coding model compared at its own best-value ★ effort, not just its top setting: ability, cost and task time in one view, plus the coding plans that cover them.
- [Effort · which reasoning effort is worth it for each model](https://modelplan.ai/effort): Low to Max for every AI coding model: ability, cost and task time at each effort, the ★ recommended one marked, and what one more step up buys and costs.
- [Plan Depot · coding plan prices, quotas and covered models](https://modelplan.ai/plans): Coding plans by maker, model and price band: price, 5-hour and weekly quotas, which models and efforts each plan covers, with sources.
- [Burn Windows · off-peak hours, peaks and quota resets](https://modelplan.ai/windows): Off-peak hours, peak hours, quota resets and promotions for coding plans by week, with calendar feeds.
- [Mission Briefing · latest changes to AI coding models and plans](https://modelplan.ai/updates): Pricing, quota, promotion and reset news for AI coding models and plans, each with its original source.
- [Tool Bay · Model Plan Skill, Claude Code and Codex plugins, CLI](https://modelplan.ai/hangar): Bring recommended efforts and plan data into Claude Code, Codex and the terminal: an open-source Skill, plugins and the modelplan CLI.
- [Agent Dock · public API, Skill and calendar feeds](https://modelplan.ai/agents): People and agents read the same public data: a read-only REST API, the Model Plan Skill and calendar feeds, anonymous and key-free.
- [Methodology · how ability, cost and the recommended effort are worked out](https://modelplan.ai/methodology): Formulas for ability, reference-task cost, task time and the ★ recommended effort, model selection rules and every data source.
- [About Model Plan](https://modelplan.ai/about): An independent, open project comparing AI coding models and plans: recommended efforts, a leaderboard at those efforts and plan advice, with checkable public data.

## Data (anonymous, read-only JSON)
- [Client digest](https://modelplan.ai/v1/client): current models, every native effort with ability, cost per reference task and time, the recommended effort, per-maker lineups with verdicts, speed tiers, calendar windows and resets
- [Models](https://modelplan.ai/v1/models): full model metrics
- [Coding plans](https://modelplan.ai/v1/plan-groups): plan prices and tiers by product line
- [News](https://modelplan.ai/v1/news?lang=en): pricing, quota and reset news with sources
- [OpenAPI](https://modelplan.ai/openapi.json): every endpoint
- [Calendar](https://modelplan.ai/calendar.ics): off-peak, peak and reset events (ICS)

## Tools
- [Model Plan Skill](https://github.com/modelplan/modelplan/tree/main/skills/model-plan): for Claude Code, Codex and any agent with Skills; answers model and effort questions from the live data and the user's local quota
- [modelplan CLI, Claude Code and Codex plugins](https://github.com/modelplan/modelplan): open source (MIT)
- [Methodology](https://github.com/modelplan/modelplan/blob/main/METHODOLOGY.md)

## Leaderboard at the ★ recommended effort

| Model | Maker | Recommended effort | Ability | Cost per task (USD) | Verdict |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Claude Opus 5.5](https://modelplan.ai/models/claude-opus-5-5) | Anthropic | Med | 55.4 | $2.90 | Strongest · Best value |
| [Claude Fable 5.1](https://modelplan.ai/models/claude-fable-5-1) | Anthropic | Med | 52.9 | $5.61 | Outclassed |
| [MiMo-V2.6-Pro](https://modelplan.ai/models/mimo-v2-6-pro) | Xiaomi | Max | 52.6 | $0.379 | Strongest · Best value |
| [GPT-6 Astra](https://modelplan.ai/models/gpt-6-astra) | OpenAI | Med | 51.4 | $3.40 | Outclassed |
| [GPT-6.1 Sol](https://modelplan.ai/models/gpt-6-1-sol) | OpenAI | Med | 51.2 | $0.613 | Strongest · Best value |
| [GLM-5.3](https://modelplan.ai/models/glm-5-3) | 智谱 AI | Max | 49.4 | $4.23 | Strongest · Best value |
| [Kimi K3](https://modelplan.ai/models/kimi-k3) | Kimi | Max | 47.0 | $5.70 |  |
| [Claude Sonnet 5.5](https://modelplan.ai/models/claude-sonnet-5-5) | Anthropic | High | 46.9 | $1.51 |  |
| [Grok 4.7](https://modelplan.ai/models/grok-4-7) | SpaceXAI | High | 46.7 | $5.49 | Strongest · Best value |
| [GLM-5.3-Flash](https://modelplan.ai/models/glm-5-3-flash) | 智谱 AI | Max | 42.0 | $0.448 | Cheapest |
| [Claude Haiku 5.5](https://modelplan.ai/models/claude-haiku-5-5) | Anthropic | XHigh | 38.6 | $0.487 | Cheapest |
| [Gemini 3.8 Flash](https://modelplan.ai/models/gemini-3-8-flash) | Google | High | 37.2 | $2.81 | Cheapest |
| [GPT-6 Luna](https://modelplan.ai/models/gpt-6-luna) | OpenAI | Max | 35.4 | $0.168 | Cheapest |
| [MiMo-V2.6-Flash](https://modelplan.ai/models/mimo-v2-6-flash) | Xiaomi | Max | 35.1 | $0.178 | Cheapest |
| [GPT-5.6 Sol](https://modelplan.ai/models/gpt-5-6-sol) | OpenAI | Med | 33.9 | $1.48 | Outclassed |
| [GPT-5.6 Terra](https://modelplan.ai/models/gpt-5-6-terra) | OpenAI | High | 26.8 | $0.901 | Outclassed |
| [MiniMax-M3](https://modelplan.ai/models/minimax-m3) | MiniMax | Max | 16.9 | $1.45 |  |