Kimi vs Qwen Studio
We give Kimi a 3.6 GPA and Qwen Studio a 3.0, out of 4.0. Kimi grades higher on features, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money and the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Kimi
AI assistant and agent for research, slides, documents and code
Qwen Studio
Alibaba Cloud's chat app for the Qwen family of AI models
How we grade them
| 3.6GPAKimiExcellent | 3.0GPAQwen StudioVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BPlus is $15 a month billed annually, which is $180, or $19 monthly. That's about the going rate for a paid assistant. It brings Deep Research, Agent Swarm, Kimi Code, website deployment and 20GB of project storage. Goal mode waits for Pro, at $31. | BWe can't put a number on it. The web app shows paid Go, Plus and Pro tiers, but its pricing view didn't load when read, and the store listings show no in-app purchases. With no price on record, it stops at a B. |
| Free plan and trial | BThe free plan is called Adagio, and it's tight: 1 agent task at a time, 2 scheduled tasks, 2 projects and 500MB of project storage. Kimi Code and website deployment are marked as paid, and Plus is where Deep Research and Swarm are listed. | BThe phone apps are listed as free with no in-app purchases, and the web app names a Free tier. But that tier comes with standard usage limits and no numbers beside them, so we can't tell you how far it goes. |
| Features | ADeep Research runs as an agent task, and Agent Swarm splits big jobs across parallel sub-agents. It turns the results into slides, Word and Excel files or a website. The desktop app works on your local files with a browser agent, tasks can run on a schedule, and Kimi Code works in the terminal and IDEs. | BChat with a Deep Thinking mode, web search, image generation and editing, and it takes in images, audio and video together. That's broad. But voice and video chat, document processing and artifacts appear only as names in the site's list of functions, with nothing to show how far each one goes. |
| Ease of use | A4.7 from about 5,200 App Store ratings. You ask in chat and it does the legwork. One thing to know: Work mode conversations stay on the desktop where you made them, and only Chat mode syncs to the web and your phone. | BIt's a chat box on the web and a free app on your phone, so there's nothing to set up. We have no App Store rating on record for it, so it stops at a B. |
| Platforms and integrations | AWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android and a browser extension for Chrome and Edge. Kimi Code plugs into VS Code, Cursor, Zed and JetBrains. Kimi Work needs Windows or an Apple-silicon Mac, and on Intel Macs the desktop app is chat only. | BWeb, iPhone, iPad and Android. But no Windows or Mac app is listed, and the listing shows no integrations and no API. The iOS app wasn't on the US App Store when checked, though it's in others such as Canada and the UK. |
| Best for | turning research into slides and reports | trying Alibaba's Qwen models in a chat app |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Kimi and Qwen Studio. How we grade
Where they differ
- Only Kimi lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Only Kimi lists a browser extension.
- Kimi also covers AI agents, app builder, research and presentations.
- Qwen Studio also covers AI search.
At a glance
| Kimi | Qwen Studio | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $15 per month, billed annually ($180), or $19 billed monthly | Not published |
| Free plan | Adagio plan: 1 concurrent agent task, 2 scheduled tasks, 2 widget tasks, 2 projects and 500MB of project storage. | The mobile apps are listed as free with no in-app purchases. The web app names a Free tier with standard usage limits beside Go, Plus and Pro tiers; their prices could not be read. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
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| Made by | Moonshot AI | Alibaba Cloud |
| Price read from | kimi.com | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Kimi
- Turning research into slide decks, reports and spreadsheets
- Agent work that runs many subtasks in parallel
- Developers who want a coding agent in the terminal or IDE
Qwen Studio
- People who want to use Alibaba's Qwen models in a chat app
- Working with images, audio and video as well as text
- Free everyday chat, search and image generation on a phone
Worth knowing
Kimi
- The free Adagio plan is limited to 1 concurrent agent task, 2 scheduled tasks, 2 projects and 500MB of project storage.
- Goal mode and Kimi Claw deployment start at Pro, and the 1M-token context is listed only on Max and Ultra.
- Kimi Work runs on Windows and Apple-silicon Macs; on Intel-based Macs the desktop app supports Kimi Chat only.
- Work mode conversations stay on the desktop where they were created; only Chat mode conversations sync to web and mobile.
Qwen Studio
- Prices for the Go, Plus and Pro tiers could not be confirmed: the pricing view on chat.qwen.ai did not load when read, and the store listings show no in-app purchases.
- The iOS app was not found on the US App Store when checked, though it is listed in other storefronts such as Canada and the UK.
- No Windows or Mac app is listed; the store listings cover iPhone, iPad and Android.
- The app stores list the app as Qwen Studio, while the website's page title still reads Qwen.
Key features
Kimi
- Deep Research and Agent Swarm
- Runs research as an agent task. Agent Swarm splits large jobs such as literature reviews or long industry reports across parallel sub-agents.
- Slides, documents and spreadsheets
- Generates formatted presentations in the visual style of references you upload, and its Office agent works across PPT, Word, Excel and PDF files.
- Kimi Work on the desktop
- The desktop app reads and creates files in local folders, automates web tasks with a browser agent and adds dashboards, plugins and scheduled tasks.
- Website building
- Builds a website from a prompt. Paid plans include website deployment, and the plan cards list publishing sites with database support.
- Kimi Code
- A coding agent for the terminal and for IDEs including VS Code, Cursor, Zed and JetBrains. The pricing table marks it as available on the paid plans.
- Scheduled tasks and plugins
- Scheduled tasks run automatically and push results: 2 on Adagio, rising to 25 on Ultra. Plugins connect professional financial and economic databases.
Qwen Studio
- Deep Thinking
- A reasoning mode for complex problems that draws on real-time internet data to work toward a logical, step-by-step answer.
- Search
- Finds answers and resources from across the web, using the context of the query to narrow the results.
- Multimodal understanding
- Processes text, images, audio and video together, for example reading data from a chart or pulling key points from an audio clip.
- Image generation and editing
- Creates images from a description for presentations, illustrations or concept designs, and the site also lists image editing.
- Voice and video chat
- The site lists voice and video chat with the assistant among its functions, alongside document processing, tool use and artifacts.
Plans
Kimi
Adagio$0
1 concurrent agent task, 2 scheduled tasks, 2 projects and 500MB of project storage.
Plus$15
per month, billed annually ($180); $19 billed monthly
More agent credits, 2 concurrent agent tasks, Deep Research, website deployment, Kimi Code, Swarm, 10 scheduled tasks and 20GB of project storage.
Pro$31
per month, billed annually ($372); $39 billed monthly
2x agent credits, Goal mode, one-click Kimi Claw deployment, 15 scheduled tasks and 20 projects.
Max$79
per month, billed annually ($948); $99 billed monthly
5x agent credits, up to 1M tokens of context, 20 scheduled tasks, 100 projects and 50GB of project storage.
Ultra$159
per month, billed annually ($1,908); $199 billed monthly
10x agent credits, 4 concurrent agent tasks, 25 scheduled tasks, 100 projects and 50GB of project storage.
Qwen Studio
Pricing could not be confirmed. See chat.qwen.ai.
Ways to pay less
Kimi
- Annual discount
Up to $480 a year off with annual billing
Kimi's pricing page prices annual billing at $15, $31, $79 and $159 a month against $19, $39, $99 and $199 billed monthly, and states a saving of up to $480.
Qwen Studio
No public discounts listed.
