Alibaba Bailian vs Huawei DevEco Code

Compare Alibaba Bailian and Huawei DevEco Code: free credits, features, and ratings. Which one is right for you?

Feature

Alibaba Bailian

Alibaba Cloud's LLM platform (DashScope) with 130+ models via unified API. New users get 1M free tokens per model, covering Qwen series, vision models, Tongyi Wanxiang image generation. All models share one API key, OpenAI compatible.

Pros

✓130+ models, unified API and key
✓~1M free tokens per model
✓Qwen series, low latency in China
✓OpenAI compatible, easy integration
✓Full modality: text/vision/image/voice
✓Alibaba Cloud stable and reliable

Cons

✗Requires ID verification
✗Free credits not directly visible, check per model
✗API Key location is hidden deep
✗One-time credits, no refresh

Key Features

130+ models unified accessQwen3.6-Flash fast modelQwen-VL-OCR vision recognitionTongyi Wanxiang image generationAll models share one API keyOpenAI SDK compatible

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Huawei DevEco Code

Huawei CLI coding assistant with built-in Zhipu GLM-5.1 model, ready to use after login with no manual selection needed. Completely free with no usage limits, trained on Huawei Ascend chips, coding capability reaches 94.6% of Claude Opus 4.6. Rich theme options with dark/light mode switching, great looking interface.

Pros

✓Completely free with no limits, no queuing
✓GLM-5.1 coding capability near Claude Opus
✓npm install, 3 minutes to start
✓Based on Huawei Ascend chips, domestic autonomous
✓Not tied to HarmonyOS development, works for general coding

Cons

✗Standalone CLI tool, cannot integrate with Cursor/Claude Code
✗Currently positioned as HarmonyOS development assistant
✗Model capability not as strong as Claude Opus/GPT-4o

Key Features

Built-in GLM-5.1 free modelUnlimited usage, no limitsnpm global installHuawei account loginTerminal interface

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