Tencent Cloud CloudBase, 1 billion tokens and 100,000 images free

From July 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026, Tencent Cloud CloudBase's Phase 2 Growth Plan provides each mini program with 1 billion tokens, 100,000 images, and a six-month personal edition environment for free.If you don't already have an environment, a 120-yuan coupon is available for an environment other than the 'development-stage free trial.' The free quota is deducted only for use through the mini program (wx.cloud.extend.AI), permitted server-side SDKs, or direct use of the Cloud Development Web console.According to the WeChat official notice, personal developers cannot launch mini programs involving interactions with large models.

What you get

6 months of personal cloud development environment, 1 billion tokens, and 100,000 image generations free

Price

Applying and the AI resource package are free. If you don't have an environment, choose the six-month personal edition environment. If you choose a WeChat Cloud Development environment that is not the 'development-stage free trial,' you will receive a 120-yuan cloud development coupon. Calls through paths that are not permitted are deducted from the plan quota for resource-point plans, and fail immediately for non-resource-point plans, such as quota-based plans. Free tokens do not apply to calls to other models.

Valid until

The second operating period runs from July 1, 2026, to December 31, 2026. The issued AI resource package is valid for 6 months from the date the application is approved.

Requirements

- Mini program developers apply via WeChat Official Accounts Platform (微信公众平台) → Industry Capabilities (行业能力) → Mini Program Growth Plan (小程序成长计划).- If you do not have an environment, select the 6-month personal environment, and choose the WeChat Cloud Development environment rather than the 'free trial during the development phase' to receive a 120 yuan coupon.- Free tokens can only be used for hy4, hy4-preview, hy3, deepseek-v4.1-flash, and deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017.The cloudbase group (supports all models) is exclusive to the resource-point plan, while the hunyuan-v3 group (supports only hy3) can be used with both resource-point and non-resource-point plans.- Free quota is deducted only when using mini programs (the wx.cloud.extend.AI method), cloud functions and hosting (wx-server-sdk, @cloudbase/node-sdk, @cloudbase/js-sdk), or the Cloud Development Web console directly.- AI tools such as WorkBuddy, CodeBuddy, Claude Desktop, and Codex, the Cloud Development Web-side SDK, third-party APIs, and direct HTTP calls do not use free quota.With a resource-point plan, usage is deducted from the plan quota; with a non-resource-point plan (such as a quota-based plan), the request fails immediately.- The HY-Image-3.0-Plus-4090-Tob-v1.0 and HY-Image-v3.0-I2I-ToB-v1.0.1 models will be discontinued at 00:00 on December 1, 2026.- Individual developers do not have permission for the generative AI (深度合成) category, so they can only release tool-based mini programs without large-model interaction (WeChat official notice, revised November 3).Chinese individual businesses (个体工商户) with a business license can apply (CloudBase official blog, July 7, 2026).- There is no official guidance on regional restrictions.

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