Trae

Trae's official pricing: the free plan gives 500 credits per month, the Lite membership is 39 yuan for the first month (original price 49 yuan) with 2,000 credits per month, Pro is 69 yuan for the first month with 4,000 credits per month, Pro+ is as low as 219 yuan, and Ultra as low as 629 yuan; memberships enjoy model discounts: Seed 2.1 at 25% of the price, and GLM and DeepSeek V4.1 at 50%.

Trae recently released a new version that supports models such as Claude 3.5 and DeepSeek R1, and it is currently free.

After inputting the client's basic information and requirements into Trae, Trae can output a functional flowchart, an overall architecture recommendation, and reminders of items that need to be confirmed with the client.

Before taking on a project, three judgments must be passed: whether the functionality can be converged, whether the tech stack is clear, and whether the deliverable can be verified; only after all three pass is the client's requirements expanded into a requirement description and handed to Trae.

Using Trae, it took 7-10 minutes from requirement confirmation to generating a runnable nail salon appointment system (including the customer side, owner side, backend, and scheduling).

A Bilibili creator used the AI programming tool Trae to complete a nail salon appointment system project for a client within one month, earning 30,000 yuan.

The same AI project-taking workflow can be used to build various small tools such as Excel organization tools, viral content deconstruction and rewriting tools, and marketing QR-code mini games.

During the AI system generation process, the user can stop, modify, or override each step of the AI, maintaining control over the project.

Compared with Cursor, Trae, and various Copilot plugins, OpenCode is considerably less smooth when writing code.

The UP host recommends Trae from China more, considering its performance outstanding and very easy to use.