The 2026 DevPass Model Census

Which coding models are actually worth the money?

The 2026 DevPass Model Census rates coding models on value, quality, and speed — using only developers who shipped with them. Every rating is backed by at least 50 real requests through LLM Gateway in the past 30 days. No benchmarks, no vibes.

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DevPass · Model Census

Registry of coding models

Open · Q4Filing now
Entries filed
1,703
Developers reporting
1,124
Models on registry
41
Wave
Q4 · filing now
Listing rule
5+ verified ratings
Scale
1–5 averages

Doc. CS-2026 · issued by LLM Gateway

Now boarding · category leaders

Top of the registry

Highest average in each score across every model with 5+ verified ratings. Ties go to the model with more ratings.

Boarding pass · Best value

MiMo V2.5 Pro

mimo-v2.5-pro · Xiaomi

Gate
Agentic coding
Ratings
7
Recommend
100%
Value · Quality · Speed
4.9 · 4.7 · 4.3

Value

4.9

out of 5 for value

CS-2026-01

Boarding pass · Best quality

Gemma 4 31B IT

gemma-4-31b-it · Google

Gate
Docs & explanations
Ratings
5
Recommend
100%
Value · Quality · Speed
4.4 · 4.8 · 3.8

Quality

4.8

out of 5 for quality

CS-2026-08

Boarding pass · Fastest

Gemini 3.6 Flash

gemini-3.6-flash · Google

Gate
Writing tests
Ratings
96
Recommend
89%
Value · Quality · Speed
4.1 · 3.7 · 4.3

Speed

4.3

out of 5 for speed

CS-2026-17

As of October 24, 2026, MiMo V2.5 Pro leads the 2026 DevPass Model Census on value for money (4.9/5 across 7 verified ratings), Gemma 4 31B IT leads on output quality (4.8/5), and Gemini 3.6 Flash leads on speed (4.3/5). 1,124 DevPass developers have filed 1,703 verified ratings across 41 models. The most-rated model is GPT-5.6 Sol with 242 ratings and a 97% recommend rate.

Departures · full registry

Every model on the registry

Click a column to sort, or narrow the board by vendor, use case, and rating count. Filters live in the URL, so a view can be shared.

Showing 41 of 41 models · sorted by value descendingDOC. CS-2026

Departures · Coding models

Rank = registry position by value · refreshed every 5 min

  • 1

    MiMo V2.5 Pro

    Xiaomi · 7 ratings

    100%

    recommend

    Value
    4.9
    Quality
    4.7
    Speed
    4.3
    Mostly agentic codingCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 2

    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

    DeepSeek · 65 ratings

    98%

    recommend

    Value
    4.7
    Quality
    4.0
    Speed
    4.3
    Mostly agentic codingCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 3

    MiMo V2.6 Flash

    Xiaomi · 5 ratings

    80%

    recommend

    Value
    4.6
    Quality
    3.6
    Speed
    2.8
    Mostly agentic codingBoarding: 75–89% of raters would recommend this model
  • 4

    MiMo V2.6 Pro

    Xiaomi · 17 ratings

    100%

    recommend

    Value
    4.6
    Quality
    4.1
    Speed
    3.1
    Mostly agentic codingCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 5

    GLM-5.3 Flash

    Z.ai · 64 ratings

    97%

    recommend

    Value
    4.6
    Quality
    4.1
    Speed
    3.5
    Mostly agentic codingCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 6

    DeepSeek V4 Flash

    DeepSeek · 83 ratings

    98%

    recommend

    Value
    4.5
    Quality
    3.7
    Speed
    4.0
    Mostly agentic codingCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 7

    DeepSeek V4 Pro

    DeepSeek · 75 ratings

    93%

    recommend

    Value
    4.5
    Quality
    3.7
    Speed
    3.9
    Mostly agentic codingCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 8

    Gemma 4 31B IT

    Google · 5 ratings

    100%

    recommend

    Value
    4.4
    Quality
    4.8
    Speed
    3.8
    Mostly docs & explanationsCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 9

    Gemini 3.7 Flash

    Google · 166 ratings

    93%

    recommend

    Value
    4.4
    Quality
    4.1
    Speed
    4.2
    Mostly writing testsCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 10

    Qwen3.8 Max

    Alibaba · 15 ratings

    100%

    recommend

    Value
    4.3
    Quality
    4.3
    Speed
    3.5
    Mostly agentic codingCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 11

    Gemini 3.8 Flash

    Google · 148 ratings

    94%

    recommend

    Value
    4.3
    Quality
    4.0
    Speed
    4.1
    Mostly writing testsCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 12

    GPT-6 Luna

    OpenAI · 11 ratings

    82%

    recommend

    Value
    4.3
    Quality
    4.1
    Speed
    3.8
    Mostly agentic codingBoarding: 75–89% of raters would recommend this model
  • 13

    Gemini 3 Flash (Preview)

    Google · 38 ratings

    100%

    recommend

    Value
    4.2
    Quality
    3.9
    Speed
    3.9
    Mostly otherCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 14

    Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor

    Meta · 10 ratings

    100%

    recommend

    Value
    4.2
    Quality
    3.8
    Speed
    3.3
    Mostly agentic codingCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 15

    GLM-5.3

    Z.ai · 26 ratings

    100%

    recommend

    Value
    4.2
    Quality
    4.2
    Speed
    3.9
    Mostly agentic codingCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 16

    GPT-5.6 Luna

    OpenAI · 50 ratings

    94%

    recommend

    Value
    4.2
    Quality
    3.9
    Speed
    4.2
    Mostly agentic codingCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 17

    Gemini 3.6 Flash

    Google · 96 ratings

    89%

    recommend

    Value
    4.1
    Quality
    3.7
    Speed
    4.3
    Mostly writing testsBoarding: 75–89% of raters would recommend this model
  • 18

    GPT-5.1

    OpenAI · 17 ratings

    88%

    recommend

    Value
    4.1
    Quality
    3.9
    Speed
    3.6
    Mostly writing testsBoarding: 75–89% of raters would recommend this model
  • 19

    GPT-5.6 Sol

    OpenAI · 242 ratings

    97%

    recommend

    Value
    4.0
    Quality
    4.3
    Speed
    3.7
    Mostly writing testsCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 20

    Qwen3.8 Flash

    Alibaba · 10 ratings

    90%

    recommend

    Value
    4.0
    Quality
    3.8
    Speed
    4.0
    Mostly agentic codingCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 21

    Kimi K2.7 Code

    Moonshot · 5 ratings

    100%

    recommend

    Value
    4.0
    Quality
    4.0
    Speed
    3.6
    Mostly agentic codingCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 22

    GLM-5.2

    Z.ai · 71 ratings

    96%

    recommend

    Value
    4.0
    Quality
    4.0
    Speed
    3.6
    Mostly agentic codingCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 23

    Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite

    Google · 13 ratings

    69%

    recommend

    Value
    3.9
    Quality
    3.3
    Speed
    4.3
    Mostly writing testsStandby: Fewer than 75% of raters would recommend this model
  • 24

    Claude Fable 5.1

    Anthropic · 8 ratings

    88%

    recommend

    Value
    3.9
    Quality
    4.4
    Speed
    3.5
    Mostly agentic codingBoarding: 75–89% of raters would recommend this model
  • 25

    Gemini 4 Argon

    Google · 8 ratings

    75%

    recommend

    Value
    3.9
    Quality
    4.0
    Speed
    4.0
    Mostly writing testsBoarding: 75–89% of raters would recommend this model
  • 26

    GPT-5.6 Terra

    OpenAI · 15 ratings

    87%

    recommend

    Value
    3.9
    Quality
    3.9
    Speed
    4.1
    Mostly agentic codingBoarding: 75–89% of raters would recommend this model
  • 28

    Gemini 3.1 Pro (Preview)

    Google · 146 ratings

    86%

    recommend

    Value
    3.9
    Quality
    3.7
    Speed
    3.3
    Mostly writing testsBoarding: 75–89% of raters would recommend this model
  • 27

    Gemini 3.5 Flash

    Google · 22 ratings

    82%

    recommend

    Value
    3.9
    Quality
    3.8
    Speed
    4.0
    Mostly writing testsBoarding: 75–89% of raters would recommend this model
  • 29

    Claude Opus 5.5

    Anthropic · 15 ratings

    100%

    recommend

    Value
    3.8
    Quality
    4.3
    Speed
    3.4
    Mostly agentic codingCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 30

    GPT-5.5

    OpenAI · 8 ratings

    88%

    recommend

    Value
    3.8
    Quality
    4.3
    Speed
    4.0
    Mostly agentic codingBoarding: 75–89% of raters would recommend this model
  • 31

    MiniMax M3

    MiniMax · 13 ratings

    92%

    recommend

    Value
    3.7
    Quality
    3.7
    Speed
    3.8
    Mostly agentic codingCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 32

    Kimi K3

    Moonshot · 46 ratings

    98%

    recommend

    Value
    3.6
    Quality
    4.4
    Speed
    3.9
    Mostly agentic codingCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 34

    Claude Opus 4.6

    Anthropic · 72 ratings

    96%

    recommend

    Value
    3.6
    Quality
    4.1
    Speed
    3.4
    Mostly writing testsCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 33

    Claude Sonnet 5

    Anthropic · 25 ratings

    88%

    recommend

    Value
    3.6
    Quality
    4.0
    Speed
    3.6
    Mostly agentic codingBoarding: 75–89% of raters would recommend this model
  • 35

    GPT-6 Astra

    OpenAI · 6 ratings

    100%

    recommend

    Value
    3.5
    Quality
    4.5
    Speed
    4.2
    Mostly autocompleteCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 36

    Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite

    Google · 10 ratings

    90%

    recommend

    Value
    3.4
    Quality
    3.4
    Speed
    4.1
    Mostly writing testsCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 37

    Grok 4.5

    xAI · 12 ratings

    92%

    recommend

    Value
    3.3
    Quality
    3.7
    Speed
    4.0
    Mostly agentic codingCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 39

    Claude Opus 5

    Anthropic · 23 ratings

    91%

    recommend

    Value
    3.3
    Quality
    4.3
    Speed
    3.3
    Mostly agentic codingCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 38

    Claude Fable 5

    Anthropic · 19 ratings

    89%

    recommend

    Value
    3.3
    Quality
    4.4
    Speed
    3.3
    Mostly agentic codingBoarding: 75–89% of raters would recommend this model
  • 40

    Claude Opus 4.8

    Anthropic · 11 ratings

    91%

    recommend

    Value
    3.0
    Quality
    4.2
    Speed
    3.8
    Mostly agentic codingCleared: 90% or more of raters would recommend this model
  • 41

    Claude Sonnet 4.6

    Anthropic · 5 ratings

    80%

    recommend

    Value
    3.0
    Quality
    4.2
    Speed
    3.4
    Mostly agentic codingBoarding: 75–89% of raters would recommend this model

Scores are 1–5 averages. Models need 5+ verified ratings to be listed; totals refresh every few minutes. Last updated October 24, 2026 (UTC).

Conditions of entry

The rules of the registry

  1. Usage-verified, or it doesn't count

    You can only rate a model your DevPass workspace has hit with 50+ requests in the past 30 days. Nobody rates a model they read a thread about.

  2. Members only

    Every respondent has an active, paid DevPass plan. These are verdicts from people spending their own credits.

  3. No small-sample noise

    A model is published only after 5 or more developers rate it, and only aggregates ever leave the building.

  4. One reward per member per quarter

    The census runs in quarterly waves. Your first entry of each wave earns a free Reset Pass — rate as many models as you use, but nobody can farm passes.

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Model Census FAQ

How are models scored in the DevPass Model Census?
Each entry rates one model from 1 to 5 on value for money, output quality, and speed, plus a yes-or-no “would you recommend it”. The registry shows the per-model averages and the share of raters who would recommend the model.
Who can rate a model?
Only paid DevPass members, and only for models their workspace has sent at least 50 requests to in the past 30 days. Ratings are tied to verified usage, not opinions from a thread.
How is the registry ranked?
Registry rank is the model's position by average value score, with ties broken by number of ratings. The sort and filter controls change what you see on the board but never the underlying rank.
Why is a model missing from the registry?
A model appears once 5 or more developers have filed a verified rating on it in 2026. Per-use-case breakdowns are additionally hidden below two entries so no single respondent can be identified.
How often does the census update?
Members file entries in quarterly waves and the yearly registry aggregates every wave. The published totals refresh every five minutes.
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