Compare Chinese LLM API options across domestic and global providers: price, context, latency ballpark, and where each one fits.
Chinese product traffic has different constraints than English-only apps. You often care about domestic providers, CNY billing, long Chinese documents, and whether quality holds on real tickets, not demos. This shortlist groups Chinese-friendly models by source, price, context, and capability so you can test on your own samples before moving production traffic.
Bronbasis: NextModel catalog taxonomy, provider public pricing, and OpenRouter metadata when available. · Bijgewerkt 2026-07-01
Fit score
Begin met de shortlist, test daarna echte prompts en vergelijk de maandelijkse kosten voor productie-routing.
DeepSeek-V4-1-Flash-GLB via NextModel: 1M-token context; $0.3 / 1M tokens in / $1.20 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming.
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash via NextModel: 1M-token context; $0.3 / 1M tokens in / $1.18 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming.
Doubao-Seed-2.1-lite via NextModel: 1M-token context; $0.12 / 1M tokens in / $0.4 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming.
Deepseek-V4-Pro-0813 via NextModel: 1M-token context; $1.33 / 1M tokens in / $3.98 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming, tool, json.
Vergelijkingstabel
Gebruik dit overzicht om een productieshortlist te verkleinen, een fallbackbeleid op te bouwen of modeleconomie te vergelijken.
| Model | Provider | Input | Output | Context | Capabilities | Best for | Latency | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek-V4-1-Flash-GLBdeepseek/deepseek-v4-1-flash-glb | DeepSeek | $0.3 / 1M tokens | $1.20 / 1M tokens | 1M | Streaming | Chinese Q&A, general chat | 1557-3097ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| DeepSeek-V4.1-Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-1-flash | DeepSeek | $0.3 / 1M tokens | $1.18 / 1M tokens | 1M | Streaming | Chinese Q&A, general chat | 4553-6187ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| Doubao-Seed-2.1-litedoubao-seed-2-1-lite | Volcengine | $0.12 / 1M tokens | $0.4 / 1M tokens | 1M | Streaming | Chinese Q&A, general chat | 2010-3295ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| Deepseek-V4-Pro-0813deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813 | DeepSeek | $1.33 / 1M tokens | $3.98 / 1M tokens | 1M | StreamingTool callingJSON modeLong context | Chinese Q&A, general chat | 2128-2773ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| Doubao Seed 2.0 Codedoubao-seed-2-0-code | Volcengine | Starting at $0.48 / 1M tokens | $2.36 / 1M tokens | 256k | Streaming | Chinese Q&A, general chat | 2298-4636ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| Doubao Seed 2.0 Litedoubao-seed-2-0-lite | Volcengine | Starting at $0.09 / 1M tokens | $0.53 / 1M tokens | 256k | Streaming | Chinese Q&A, general chat | 2373-3512ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| Doubao Seed 2.0 Minidoubao-seed-2-0-mini | Volcengine | Starting at $0.03 / 1M tokens | $0.3 / 1M tokens | 256k | Streaming | Chinese Q&A, general chat | 1171-1844ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| Doubao Seed 2.0 Prodoubao-seed-2-0-pro | Volcengine | Starting at $0.48 / 1M tokens | $2.36 / 1M tokens | 256k | Streaming | Chinese Q&A, general chat | 2685-3465ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
FAQ
For high-volume, low-cost Chinese tasks, try Doubao Seed 2.0 Mini first. For heavier reasoning or long documents, put DeepSeek, Qwen, or Kimi on the same prompts and compare.
Yes. NextModel is one OpenAI-compatible entry with source labels on models. That is catalog coverage, not a claim of special partnerships.
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