Baidu · Released May 6, 2026CoBuddy
Baidu Qianfan model optimized for code generation and tool-using coding agents.
- Capability
- —No ECI score yet
- Input
- $0.28per 1M tokens
- Output
- $1.13per 1M tokens
- Context
- 131K66K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.28per million tokens
- Output
- $1.13per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.492cheaper than 60% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $1.13 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $12.65 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $126.50 |
Median of 1 paid API provider on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for CoBuddy yet.
The details
- Lab
- Baidu
- Released
- May 6, 2026
- Context window
- 131,072 tokens
- Max output
- 65,536 tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- Always on
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Proprietary
- Availability
- 1 API providerlisted on models.dev
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About CoBuddy
How much does CoBuddy cost?
CoBuddy costs $0.28 input / $1.13 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.492 per million tokens, cheaper than 60% of the 445 priced models we track.
What is the context window of CoBuddy?
CoBuddy accepts up to 131,072 tokens per request and can write up to 65,536 tokens in one response.
How good is CoBuddy?
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for CoBuddy yet.
Is CoBuddy open source?
No. CoBuddy is proprietary; you use it through an API or partner platforms.
What inputs does CoBuddy support?
CoBuddy accepts text and replies in text. It is a reasoning model, supports tool calling.
When was CoBuddy released?
Baidu released CoBuddy on May 6, 2026.
What are the best alternatives to CoBuddy?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Perceptron Mk1 (Perceptron, $0.15 / $1.50), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (Google, $0.25 / $1.50), Step 3.7 Flash (StepFun, $0.20 / $1.15) and Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning (NVIDIA, $0.25 / $0.85).