Chinese AI models
673 models from DeepSeek, Alibaba, Moonshot, Zhipu, MiniMax, ByteDance, Kuaishou and Tencent, ranked by quality.
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 Qwen3.8 MaxAlibabaPrompt cachingJSON | $4.95/1Mvia EmpirioLabs AI | 1M | $1.65/1M | $4.95/1M | — | — | |
| Qwen3.8 Max PreviewAlibabaPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $6/1Mvia Charm Hyper | 262K | $2/1M | $6/1M | — | Aug 2 | |
| Qwq 32BAlibabaApache 2.0JSON+1 | $0.56/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.14/1M | $0.56/1M | — | Mar 5, 2025 | |
| QwQ-32B-PreviewAlibabaApache 2.0 | $0.16/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.16/1M | $0.16/1M | — | Nov 27, 2024 | |
 Ring 1tInclusionaiMITJSON+2 | $2.19/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.548/1M | $2.19/1M | — | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| Ring Flash 2.0InclusionaiMITJSON+2 | $0.544/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.136/1M | $0.544/1M | — | Sep 19, 2025 | |
| Ring-2.6-1TInclusionaiMITPrompt caching+3 | $1.10/1Mvia ZenMux | 262K | $0.132/1M | $1.10/1M | — | May 14 | |
 Seed 1.6ByteDancePrompt cachingJSON+3 | $0.285/1Mvia APIYI | 262K | $0.114/1M | $0.285/1M | — | Sep 1, 2025 | |
| Seed 1.6 FlashByteDanceJSONReasoning+2 | $0.30/1Mvia APIYI | 262K | $0.075/1M | $0.30/1M | — | Dec 23, 2025 | |
| Seed 1.6 VisionByteDance | $1.10/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.11/1M | $1.10/1M | — | — | |
| Seed 2.1 TurboByteDancePrompt cachingJSON+3 | $1.67/1Mvia CometAPI | 256K | $0.50/1M | $2.50/1M | — | Jun 23 | |
| Seed EvolvingByteDancePrompt cachingJSON+3 | $3.33/1Mvia CometAPI | 256K | $0.667/1M | $3.33/1M | — | Jun 23 | |
| Seed Oss 36B InstructByteDanceApache 2.0JSON+3 | $0.534/1Mvia AIHubMix | 256K | $0.20/1M | $0.534/1M | — | Aug 20, 2025 | |
 Step 2 16KStepFun | $2/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $2/1M | $2/1M | — | — | |
| Step 3.5 FlashStepFunApache 2.0Reasoning+1 | $0.292/1Mvia SiliconFlow | 256K | $0.097/1M | $0.292/1M | — | Feb 1 | |
| Step 3.5 Flash 2603StepFunPrompt cachingTool calling | $0.30/1Mvia EmpirioLabs AI | 256K | $0.10/1M | $0.30/1M | — | — | |
| Step 3.7 FlashStepFunApache 2.0Prompt caching+4 | $0.925/1Mvia APIMart | 262K | $0.154/1M | $0.925/1M | — | May 23 | |
| Step 5 PreviewStepFunOpen weightsPrompt caching+4 | $2.70/1Mvia Deep Infra | 1.05M | $1/1M | $2.70/1M | — | Sep 20 | |
| Step3StepFunApache 2.0 | $2.75/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $1.10/1M | $2.75/1M | — | Jul 28, 2025 | |
 Reference To Image Q2Vidu (Shengshu) | $0.04/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.04/run | — | — | |
| SeedEdit 3.0 i2iByteDance | $0.03/imgvia BytePlus | — | — | $0.03/img | — | — | |
| Seedream 3ByteDance | $0.03/imgvia Replicate | — | — | $0.03/img | — | — | |
| Seedream 5.0 Pro LayerizeByteDance | $0.018/imgvia Atlas Cloud | — | — | $0.018/img | — | — | |
| Seedream v5.0 Flash Layer DecompositionByteDance | $0.018/imgvia Atlas Cloud | — | — | $0.018/img | — | — | |
| Reference To Video 2.0Vidu (Shengshu) | $0.40/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.40/run | — | — | |
| Reference To Video Q1Vidu (Shengshu) | $0.40/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.40/run | — | — | |
| Seedance 2.0 USByteDance | $14/1Mvia Fal | — | — | $14/1M | — | — | |
| Seedance 2.5 USByteDance | $21.40/1Mvia Fal | — | — | $21.40/1M | — | — | |
| Seedance LiteByteDance | $0.01/secvia Kie.ai | — | — | $0.01/sec | — | — | |
| Seedance v1.0 Pro FastByteDance | $0.009/secvia APIMart | — | — | $0.01/sec | — | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| Seedance v1.5 Pro FastByteDance | $0.018/secvia Atlas Cloud | — | — | $0.018/sec | — | — | |
 Skyreels V4Skywork | $0.35/secvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.35/sec | — | — | |
| Start End To VideoVidu (Shengshu) | $0.20/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.20/run | — | — | |
| Start End To Video 2.0Vidu (Shengshu) | $0.30/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.30/run | — | — | |
| Start End To Video Q1Vidu (Shengshu) | $0.40/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.40/run | — | — | |
| Start End To Video Q2 ProVidu (Shengshu) | $0.055/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.055/run | — | — | |
| Start End To Video Q2 TurboVidu (Shengshu) | $0.04/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.04/run | — | — | |
| Seed ASR 2.0ByteDance | $0.002/runvia Atlas Cloud | 1K | — | $0.002/run | — | Jun 29 | |
| Seed Speech TTS 2.0ByteDance | $0.06/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.06/run | — | — | |
 Speech 02 HDMiniMax | $0.10/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.10/run | — | — | |
| Speech 02 TurboMiniMax | $0.06/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.06/run | — | — | |
| Speech 2.5 HD PreviewMiniMax | $0.06/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.06/run | — | — | |
| Speech 2.5 Turbo PreviewMiniMax | $0.04/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.04/run | — | — | |
| Speech 2.6 HDMiniMax | $0.08/runvia Atlas Cloud | — | — | $0.08/run | — | — | |
| Speech 2.6 TurboMiniMax | $0.048/runvia Atlas Cloud | — | — | $0.048/run | — | — | |
| Speech 2.8 HDMiniMax | $0.10/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.10/run | — | — | |
| Speech 2.8 TurboMiniMax | $0.06/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.06/run | — | — | |
| Stepaudio 2.5StepFun | $3.50/1Mvia EmpirioLabs AI | 256K | $1.50/1M | $3.50/1M | — | — | |
| Seed3D 2.0ByteDance | $0.40/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.40/run | — | — | |
| Qwen3Guard Gen 4BAlibaba | $0.000975/GPU-secvia Replicate | — | — | $0.000975/GPU-sec | — | — |
Frequently asked questions
Ranked here by quality across text, image and video. Use the type groups to compare like with like, and sort by price: Chinese models are often among the cheapest at their level.
Yes. Most are served by global hosts as well as the makers' international APIs; open a model's providers to see who serves it and at what price.
Many are: DeepSeek, Qwen, GLM and Kimi publish open weights. Turn on the open weights filter to see which.
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