Official sources only
Provider documentation is the source of record. Aggregator claims do not enter the index.
Chinese LLM API price intelligence
Know the bill
before the build.
Compare verified model prices, translate token usage into monthly cost, and follow every number back to an official source.
Sample workload
10M in / 2M out
Same workload. Different economics. Drag the real inputs below.
Cost bench / 01
Monthly API cost calculator
Standard provider pricing, before taxes, promotions, batch discounts, or cached-input savings.
Estimated monthly bill
Lowest first
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Verified index / 02
Prices you can audit
No mystery averages. Every published row carries a date, billing currency, region, and source.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Region | Evidence |
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Qwen models use Alibaba Cloud's Singapore international deployment and the published ≤256K tier. Promotional pricing is excluded.
Method / 03
A small index
with a strict rule.
Comparable access scope
International prices are compared with international prices. Region-locked discounts stay out of the headline ranking.
Dates beat certainty
AI pricing moves fast. Every row shows when it was checked so stale data is easy to spot.
Decision guides / 04
Read the price
before the pitch.
Practical comparisons built from the same official-source dataset as the calculator.
01
Provider comparison · 6 min
DeepSeek vs Qwen API pricing
International list prices, regional differences, and the monthly cost of a repeatable workload.
Read comparison → 02Coding costs · 5 min
Cheapest LLM APIs for coding
A cost-first shortlist using official prices, without pretending price alone measures code quality.
Read shortlist → 03Cost method · 4 min
Estimate your monthly LLM bill
A simple formula, worked examples, cache adjustments, and a sensible budget buffer.
Read method →