Chinese AI API Pricing

Prices normalized to USD per 1 million tokens, with currency, region, billing mode, effective dates and official sources preserved. Pricing is time-sensitive — always check the verification date.

Chinese AI API pricing comparison
Provider	Model	Input $/1M	Output $/1M	Cached input $/1M	Batch $/1M	Effective	Note	Verified	Source
alibaba-cloud	qwen3.8-max	2	6	0.25	—	—	Beijing & Global regions (HK/Frankfurt/US/Tokyo): $1.65 / $4.951 Beijing batch: 50% off Explicit cache: $2.5 create / $0.17 read (Singapore) Free quota: 1M tokens, 90 days (Singapore)	2026-09-20	link
alibaba-cloud	qwen3.8-flash	0.15	0.47	0.016	—	—	Beijing & Global regions: $0.113 / $0.382 Explicit cache: $0.2 create / $0.016 read (Singapore) Batch inference not supported	2026-09-20	link
alibaba-cloud	qwen3.7-plus	0.4	1.6	—	—	—	Up to 256K context tier (row price) 256K–1M tier: $1.2 / $4.8 Beijing: $0.276/$1.101 and $0.826/$3.301 Limited-time 20% console discount Thinking billed same as output	2026-09-20	link
bytedance	doubao-seed-2-1-pro	6	30	1.2	—	—	Standard tier (row price) Low-priority tier ~50%: 3.00/15.00 Cache storage: 0.017 CNY per 1M tokens/hour	2026-09-20	link
bytedance	doubao-seed-evolving	6	30	1.2	—	—	Standard tier (row price) Pricing row matches Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro	2026-09-20	link
bytedance	doubao-seed-2-1-turbo	3	15	0.6	—	—	Standard tier (row price) Low-latency tier: 6.00/30.00 Low-priority tier: 1.50/7.50	2026-09-20	link
deepseek	deepseek-v4-1-flash	0.15	0.6	0.003	—	—	Off-peak rates (row price) Peak = 2x: $0.30 / $1.20 / $0.006 cache hit Concurrency limit: 2500 No batch pricing listed	2026-09-20	link
deepseek	deepseek-v4-pro	0.66	1.98	0.022	—	—	Off-peak rates (row price) Peak = 2x: $1.32 / $3.96 / $0.044 cache hit Concurrency limit: 500 Deprecation announced 2026-09-10 (service continues per change log)	2026-09-20	link
minimax	minimax-m3	0.3	1.2	0.06	—	—	Standard tier ≤512K input (row price; permanent 50% off vs list $0.60/$2.40) >512K input: $0.60/$2.40, cache $0.12 Priority tier (service_tier=priority): 1.5x China platform: ¥2.1/¥8.4 (≤512K), ¥4.2/¥16.8 (>512K)	2026-09-20	link
minimax	minimax-m2.7	0.3	1.2	0.06	—	—	Cache write: $0.375 per 1M tokens China platform: ¥2.1 / ¥8.4	2026-09-20	link
minimax	minimax-m2.7-highspeed	0.6	2.4	0.06	—	—	Cache write: $0.375 per 1M tokens China platform: ¥4.2 / ¥16.8	2026-09-20	link
moonshot-ai	kimi-k3	3	15	0.3	—	—	Cache write: $3.00 (TTL 5min) or $6.00 (TTL 1h) Context: 1,048,576 Access requires min $1 top-up	2026-09-20	link
moonshot-ai	kimi-k2.7-code	0.95	4	0.19	—	—	Context: 262,144 Thinking always on	2026-09-20	link
moonshot-ai	kimi-k2.7-code-highspeed	1.9	8	0.38	—	—	Same model as k2.7-code at ~180 tokens/s Context: 262,144	2026-09-20	link
moonshot-ai	kimi-k2.6	0.95	4	0.16	—	—	Visual + text; thinking and non-thinking modes Context: 262,144	2026-09-20	link
zhipu-ai	glm-5.3	1.4	4.4	0.26	—	—	Cache storage: limited-time free China platform (BigModel): ¥8 / ¥28, cache hit ¥2 Batch API: 50% of standard price	2026-09-20	link
zhipu-ai	glm-5.3-flash	0.15	0.5	0.03	—	—	China platform: ¥0.8 / ¥2.8, cache ¥0.23	2026-09-20	link
zhipu-ai	glm-5.3-flashx	0.37	1.25	0.075	—	—	China platform: ¥2 / ¥7, cache ¥0.57 Not yet on the GLM Coding Plan	2026-09-20	link
zhipu-ai	glm-5.2	1.4	4.4	0.26	—	—	China platform: ¥8 / ¥28, cache ¥2	2026-09-20	link

All prices in original currency per 1M tokens unless noted. Always verify against the official pricing page before procurement decisions.