Gemma 4 vs Qoder
Plans, free access, limits and intended use side by side, taken from each vendor’s own pages. No score and no winner: the facts show where the two differ.
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Open weights you run and license yourself
Budget credits per agent request, not per month
- Free access
- Gemma 4: Free access
- Qoder: Free access
- Paid from
- Gemma 4: No fixed price listed
- Qoder: USD 20 per month
- Plans listed
- Gemma 4: 1
- Qoder: 6
- Public API
- Gemma 4: Yes
- Qoder: Not confirmed
Where Gemma 4 and Qoder differ
- PlansGemma 4 lists 1 plans and Qoder lists 6.
Head to head
Each value from the tool’s profile and the vendor’s own pages
| Gemma 4 | Fact | Qoder |
|---|---|---|
| Access and price | ||
| Free access availableOpen weights (Apache 2.0) · 0 | Free accessSame | Free access availableFree · USD 0 |
| No fixed price listed | Lowest listed paid plan | USD 20 per monthPro |
| Free open weights (Apache 2.0); you supply the hardware | Pricing model | Free with 2-week trial; Pro from $20/month |
| 1 | Plans listedDiffers | 6 |
| Yes | Public API | Not confirmed |
| Not confirmed | Card to start | Not confirmed |
| Yes | Open source | Not confirmed |
| What it is for | ||
| Running an open model locally for code and text work | Built for | Agent-driven coding with a monthly credit budget |
| Coding | CategorySame | Coding |
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| How current | ||
| Profile sources checked | ||
| Prices confirmed · Sep 29, 2026 | Pricing checkSame | Prices confirmed · Sep 29, 2026 |
Official source check for both tools. No hands-on testing and no score: “Differs” marks a documented difference, not a better tool.
Plans and prices
Qoder
Prices confirmed · Sep 29, 2026- FreeUSD 0
- ProUSD 20 per month
- Pro+USD 60 per month
- UltraUSD 200 per month
- TeamsUSD 40 per seat per month
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- EnterpriseUSD 20 per seat per monthcredits billed separately
Strengths and limits
Gemma 4
Strengths
- Permissive license: Apache 2.0 allows commercial use, modification and redistribution without a separate Gemma agreement.
- Runs offline: Downloaded weights work without an account or network connection once installed.
- Published memory table: Google lists approximate memory for every size at 16-bit, 8-bit and 4-bit precision.
Limits to plan around
- Hardware is your cost: The 31B model needs 17.5 GB even at 4-bit, before context memory.
- No paid hosted tier on the Gemini API: The pricing page lists only a free tier, and free-tier content is used to improve Google products.
- Older training data: The pre-training data has a January 2025 cutoff, so later events need to be supplied in the prompt.
Qoder
Strengths
- Work continues after credits run out: Free and paid accounts fall back to basic models instead of stopping.
- Published credit estimates: The docs list median credits per Ask, Agent, Quest and Repo Wiki request.
- Failed requests are free: Credits are deducted only when a model call succeeds.
Limits to plan around
- Credits do not roll over: Plan credits reset to zero at the end of each monthly period.
- Content may improve the service: The terms allow use of your content to improve Qoder unless Share and Improve is turned off.
- Narrow refund window: The pricing FAQ allows refunds only within 24 hours of subscribing and before any credits are used.
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