As large model technology transitions from early breakthroughs to mature commercial applications, Tencent Cloud's Intelligent Agent Development Platform has announced that starting March 13, 2026, it will implement a new billing strategy for several of its AI models. This change primarily involves ending the free trial period for public testing models and optimizing the pricing of self-developed Huan Yuan series models, marking a substantial step forward for Tencent Cloud in building a sustainable AI business ecosystem.

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Among these adjustments, three high-performance models—GLM5, MiniMax2.5, and Kimi2.5—are set to officially end their limited-time free public testing. Starting at midnight on March 13, Beijing Time, these models will transition into official commercial use, adopting a pay-as-you-go billing model based on Token usage. For developers, this means they need to plan their budgets in advance according to their business scale and promptly enable the postpaid settings in the platform management interface to ensure the continuity of related application services.

At the same time, the self-developed Huan Yuan series models by Tencent also underwent a restructuring of their pricing system. The Tencent HY2.0Instruct and Tencent HY2.0Think models will adopt a new tiered pricing plan, offering more flexible pricing mechanisms to meet the needs of enterprises of different scales. Although the shift in billing models may increase operational costs for some users in the short term, it reflects the platform's efforts to optimize resource integration, aiming to provide more stable and high-quality model services while guiding the industry into a virtuous cycle driven by value.

In response to these changes, Tencent Cloud advises users to closely monitor the changes in the billing resource list and reasonably utilize package subscriptions and other discount methods to balance expenses. In the context of continuously rising demand for generative AI computing power, this transition from "public testing benefits" to "precise billing" is not only an inevitable choice for Tencent Cloud to optimize its business system but also signals that the domestic AI industry is accelerating its departure from extensive expansion, moving toward deeper waters focused on industry value and cost efficiency.