Cline Launches ClinePass — $9.99/Month Flat Subscription for Open-Weight Coding Models

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On June 29, Cline launched ClinePass, a flat subscription ($4.99 first month, then $9.99) that bundles a curated set of open-weight coding models — GLM-5.2, Kimi K2.7 Code, DeepSeek V4 Pro/Flash, MiniMax M3, MiMo V2.5, and Qwen3.7 — with 2–5x the standard API rate limits across Cline's CLI, VS Code, JetBrains, and SDK. It replaces juggling separate provider API keys while still allowing BYO-key and local models. The move is a direct play at the 'which agent won't torch my credits?' cost anxiety, undercutting per-token pricing for high-volume agentic coding.