Image generation, design automation and visual editing products.
Alibaba Cloud
Qwen-Image / Wan Image
Qwen image models are visible in the international marketplace and deserve a separate image-category entry.
Best fit · Teams evaluating Chinese image-generation APIs with English docs and Qwen Cloud billing.
Coverage · 100/100
Globally availableFull English UITrustedPublic APIFreemium
- Payment
- Qwen Cloud billing / Token Plan where supported
- From
- Free tier and pay-as-you-go image API billing vary by model
Zhipu AI
GLM-Image / CogView
Image generation is a separate BigModel capability and should be visible outside the generic GLM API profile.
Best fit · Developers evaluating Chinese image-generation APIs with text rendering and multimodal stack fit.
Coverage · 100/100
Partially availablePartial English UITrustedPublic APIFreemium
- Payment
- Free model where available / Platform billing
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- Usage-based image API pricing varies by model
MiniMax Image API fills the image modality in MiniMax's international multimodal stack.
Best fit · Developers adding Chinese image generation to apps through a documented API.
Coverage · 98/100 · backfill: sources
Globally availableFull English UIPartial evidencePublic APIFreemium
- Payment
- Token Plan / Credits
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- Token Plan image quotas, Credits and pay-as-you-go billing vary by plan
Baidu AI Cloud
ERNIE-Image
ERNIE-Image is a distinct Baidu image-model signal from the ERNIE Blog and should be tracked separately from the general Qianfan model platform.
Best fit · Researchers and builders comparing Chinese open or semi-open text-to-image model families.
Coverage · 100/100 · backfill: pricing
Partially availablePartial English UITrustedLimited APIUnknown
- Payment
- Baidu Cloud billing where available / Open-weights deployment path if released
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- Model access, open weights and API availability should be checked from Baidu's current release and platform links
Tencent Cloud
Hunyuan 3D Global
Hunyuan 3D Global is Tencent Hunyuan's international consumer/creator product entry.
Best fit · Creators and enterprises needing Chinese AI 3D asset generation with a global web product and Tencent Cloud API path.
Coverage · 100/100
Globally availableFull English UITrustedPublic APIFreemium
- Payment
- Free daily generations / Tencent Cloud billing
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- 20 free generations daily for Hunyuan 3D Global users; 200 free credits for enterprise API users per Tencent's English announcement
ByteDance / Volcano Engine
Seedream 5.0 Lite
Seedream 5.0 Lite is a distinct ByteDance Seed image-generation model and should not be hidden under generic Doubao/Ark.
Best fit · Designers and developers comparing Chinese image models with reasoning, online search and image editing capabilities.
Coverage · 100/100
Partially availableFull English UITrustedPublic APIPaid
- Payment
- BytePlus billing / Volcano Engine billing
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- API access is linked from the official page; pricing should be verified in BytePlus or Volcano Engine
Step Image Edit 2 is concrete enough to track separately because the docs publish endpoints, limits and per-image pricing.
Best fit · Developers testing low-latency Chinese image-generation and image-editing APIs for interactive apps.
Coverage · 91/100 · backfill: sources, freshness
Partially availableFull English UIPartial evidencePublic APIPaid
- Payment
- Open Platform balance / API billing
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- $0.003 per text-to-image or image-editing result
ByteDance / Volcano Engine
Jimeng AI
Jimeng is valuable intelligence content even if it is not a global buyer-ready product.
Best fit · Market watchers tracking China-first creative AI applications from ByteDance.
Coverage · 89/100 · backfill: sources, freshness
China onlyNo English UINeeds recheckUnknownFreemium
- Payment
- China payment methods
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- China-market consumer pricing