Question 1

Copilot Pro+ vs Qwen Coding Plan for coding: which gives more building hours per dollar?

Accepted Answer

At p50 peak, Copilot Pro+ returns 0.21 building h/week per $/month (8 h/week for $39/mo) and Qwen Coding Plan returns 0.56 building h/week per $/month (28 h/week for $50/mo), so Qwen Coding Plan gives more building hours per dollar; on building quality Qwen Coding Plan is graded strong and Copilot Pro+ cheap; Copilot Pro+ hours are guessed — treat them as a guess.

Question 2

What do Copilot Pro+ and Qwen Coding Plan cost?

Accepted Answer

$39/mo and $50/mo. Comparisons only pair plans within 1.5× of each other on price.

Question 3

Can Copilot Pro+ and Qwen Coding Plan run as terminal CLI agents?

Accepted Answer

Copilot Pro+ has no CLI agent. Qwen Coding Plan runs as a CLI agent. The stack builder can require at least one CLI seat.

	Copilot Pro+	Qwen Coding Plan
Price	$39/mo	$50/mo
Building h/week p50 (p10–p90), peak	8 (4–14)	28 (16–50)
Building h/week p50 (p10–p90), off-peak	—	—
Building h/week per $/mo at p50 peak	0.21	0.56
Quality grades	cheap planning · cheap building · strong admin	cheap planning · strong building · strong admin
Source	guessed	official-clock
Terminal CLI agent	No	Yes
Clock	credit pool, no off-peak rate	monthly; wrong endpoint = silent PAYG

Copilot Pro+ vs Qwen Coding Plan, side by side