Purchasing JetBrains AI Assistant from Low-Price Regions

JetBrains AI Assistant in US region costs $10/month which is too expensive. Recently China region AI is 50% off, though China region AI functionality is from Alibaba Cloud, not JetBrains. But actually, by cleverly using proxy, you can achieve US region JetBrains AI Assistant at China region price.

Changing JetBrains Account Country

Visit link, change country to China.

From testing, JB supports multiple country changes, currently unlimited.

Visit JetBrains China Region, Subscribe to AI Assistant

When pricing, it will be based on your account’s country, so make sure you’ve changed country to China. Current monthly subscription price is 41CNY.

China region link

Check JetBrains Account License

Check license

If your JB account belongs to an organization, like my JB account with open source license, you need to manually enable AI Assistant authorization to ensure all members can use it.

Enable JB AI Assistant in IDE

1. Install plugin jetbrains-ai-assistant
2. Enable plugin. If license shows invalid, you can manually deactivate then activate.

Enable Proxy to Access Foreign AI

Ensure IDE goes through proxy when accessing AI Assistant. If proxy is disabled, it will use China region AI.

If you’re a Surge user, you can directly use the proxy rules I’ve summarized here (includes other AI service proxy domains), link

For non-Surge users, you can proxy the following domain:

api.app.prod.grazie.aws.intellij.net

Common Errors

Your access to Al Assistant could not be verified

1. Ensure license is valid
2. Ensure proxy network works
3. Ensure account is authorized (for organization accounts)

Notes

1. Since subscription has auto-renewal, suggest manually canceling or don’t easily change country to avoid renewal at the new country’s price, which might not be 50% off anymore. For example, I’m experimenting, so I currently canceled auto-renewal.

Final Words

1. Through the above method, you can get US region JetBrains AI Assistant at China region price. A reverse arbitrage.
2. In actual use, JB AI Assistant is obviously not as good as Cursor, besides poor interaction experience, AI doesn’t have Claude model either, but better than nothing. Those interested can try.