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Image generation, design automation and visual editing products.

Alibaba Cloud

Qwen-Image / Wan Image

4.2

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
Checked
May 17
Sources
High confidence
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Free tier and pay-as-you-go image API billing vary by model
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Zhipu AI

GLM-Image / CogView

4.0

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
Checked
May 17
Sources
High confidence
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Usage-based image API pricing varies by model
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MiniMax

MiniMax Image API

4.1

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
Checked
May 17
Sources
Medium confidence
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Token Plan image quotas, Credits and pay-as-you-go billing vary by plan
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Baidu AI Cloud

ERNIE-Image

3.9

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
Checked
May 17
Sources
High confidence
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Model access, open weights and API availability should be checked from Baidu's current release and platform links
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Tencent Cloud

Hunyuan 3D Global

4.4

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
Checked
May 17
Sources
High confidence
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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
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ByteDance / Volcano Engine

Seedream 5.0 Lite

4.3

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
Checked
May 17
Sources
High confidence
From
API access is linked from the official page; pricing should be verified in BytePlus or Volcano Engine
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StepFun

Step Image Edit 2

4.0

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
Checked
May 17
Sources
Medium confidence
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$0.003 per text-to-image or image-editing result
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ByteDance / Volcano Engine

Jimeng AI

4.0

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
Checked
May 14
Sources
Medium confidence
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China-market consumer pricing
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