20 August 2026

Replit adds free tier using OpenAI's cheaper Luna model

First reported

OpenAI ran this on , a day before the next source picked it up.

  • Replit, a cloud coding platform, launched Free Mode that routes basic coding tasks to OpenAI's Luna model without using paid credits.
  • Luna costs 80% less than previous OpenAI models while maintaining comparable performance on standard tasks.

How it was covered

Reported by OpenAI