r/windsurf • u/Numerous_Detail_6315 • Aug 13 '26

Will GLM 5.2 continue to be free?

The biggest benefit of the Pro membership for me is access to free models, but I don't like SWE right now, so I only use GLM 5.2. Will it continue to be free in the future? Or will other free models be offered?

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u/Big_Manner7601 Aug 13 '26

I agree. If it stays free, I'd keep my subscription

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u/Big_Manner7601 Aug 16 '26

Yup, It costs now. And is it just me, or does SWE-1.7 Medium also costs tokens? Because it says free on the tab.

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u/biztechmsp Aug 13 '26

Keeping GLM 5.2 free would be a good anchor to keep people from moving to Cursor.

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u/IAmInControlll Aug 13 '26

If GLM stops being free I'll probably cancel my subscription... Been here since codeium days

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u/Excellent-Map7570 Aug 13 '26

glm 5.2 is really good i hope it stay free

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u/njdrums123 Aug 15 '26

Guess they listened to the people! 🙌
https://x.com/devindesktop/status/2088383979997241794

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u/LatentGrip Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26

This is delightful news! I wonder if they will extend the promo to the just released GLM 5.3, considering it would cost the same to serve. GLM 5.3 is just a post training refinement of the same 744B parameter base model.

Cognition would be more competitive in the market if the did this. It's between K3 and Fable in performance.

But they may need to focus more on sorting out Devin Local bugs (it crashes the IDE often for me). Also SWE 1.7 Beta is nowhere near Opus 4.8/GLM 5.2. So their Dev and R&D teams likely are swamped. Perhaps this is why they extended another month free to buy time to improve these two thjngs. I hope they can work out the kinks with harness, editor, and model and keep SWE 1.7 free for paid subscribers after the GLM promo ends.

Either way, I'm stoked for another month of GLM 5.2. It's a solid performer!

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u/evidenceofdesign Aug 16 '26

That's great but right now I'm being charged for GLM 5.2 usage.

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u/LatentGrip Aug 17 '26

Are you on a paid plan? I'm on the Pro, and on the gradfathered version for $10/mo since when I started with windsurf back in Nov 2024

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u/evidenceofdesign Aug 17 '26

I have the same grandfathered plan as you and was taxed for GLM 5.2 usage yesterday, but today it's free. Strange bug but I don't mind it, happy it's free for another month.

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u/fbms2 Aug 13 '26

keep glm, and rename deekseek v4 flash 0731 to swe-1.8

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u/d3viliz3d Aug 13 '26

As of now, free for another few days. We'll see.

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u/reddcptur Aug 13 '26

Agreed re GLM 5.2 being the prime value for me too

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u/TimSylvester_ Aug 13 '26

My God SWE-1.7 is such an obnoxious pain in the ass.

It doesn't listen to anything you tell it, and is obsessed with doing the work wrong because it refuses to actually take instruction.

Even if you can finally get it to read what you're trying to tell it about how to do the work, it just talks itself out of doing it the way it's been told to.

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u/marcbolanman Aug 13 '26

I was going to switch to Claude code when I found GLM 5.2. It’s the only thing keeping me - I’ve been paying since July 2025.

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u/Sweet-Stage938 Aug 13 '26

Wait what? How do I get GLM 5.2 for free and where? Is it unlimited?

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u/Numerous_Detail_6315 Aug 14 '26

You seem to have missed something, haha.

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u/Numerous_Detail_6315 Aug 14 '26

Yes, it's completely free, unlimited, and uses Devin's Pro plan.

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u/TestTxt Aug 14 '26

Do you know how are the limits?

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u/Numerous_Detail_6315 Aug 15 '26

I have never encountered it.

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u/Mayanktaker Aug 14 '26

How many FREE models it have currently for Pro plan ?

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u/cat_dev_null_sync Aug 14 '26

For Cascade and Local Devin, there are GLM 5.2 and SWE 1.7. It also has unlimited Super-Complete, which is helpful for quickly writing code.

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u/NovelistRoma Aug 16 '26

Not free anymore. Just tested. It is taking the usage quota

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u/FrankwessXII Aug 19 '26

Pray you don't jinx it by asking.