A shortlist for teams comparing Chinese image generation, image editing and multimodal visual model APIs.
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Decision standard
Prioritize image-category products and multimodal APIs with source-backed image generation or editing evidence.
Kuaishou
Kling has an English-facing site and a broader creative and API platform beyond text-to-video generation.
Best fit · Creators, studios and growth teams that want a globally accessible Chinese creative studio for video, image, sound, effects and API-backed generation.
Coverage · 100/100
Alibaba Cloud
Qwen Cloud makes Qwen available for global evaluation through an English marketplace, docs, pricing and compatible API paths.
Best fit · Developers evaluating Qwen3.7, Qwen Cloud APIs, coding agents and multimodal Chinese model coverage from an English international platform.
Coverage · 100/100
Alibaba Cloud
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
Zhipu AI
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
Ant Group
Ming is the multimodal branch of Ant Ling and deserves separate tracking from text-only Ling and reasoning-focused Ring.
Best fit · Teams tracking open Chinese full-modal models across image-text understanding, video analysis, speech synthesis and image generation.
Coverage · 100/100 · backfill: pricing
MiniMax
Token Plan is a distinct subscription and routing path with its own keys, quotas, integrations and traffic rules, so it should be tracked separately from the general MiniMax API Platform.
Best fit · Individual developers running frequent MiniMax-powered coding agents, long-context repository tasks and multimodal workflows.
Coverage · 100/100
MiniMax
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
Baidu AI Cloud
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
Tencent Cloud
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
Tencent Cloud
The open-source organization helps show Hunyuan's model breadth beyond Tencent Cloud APIs.
Best fit · Developers surveying Tencent's open-source model assets across LLM, video, image, 3D and OCR.
Coverage · 100/100
ByteDance / Volcano Engine
Seedream 5.0 Lite is a distinct ByteDance image-generation product with its own BytePlus product, API and pricing page, separate from Seed2.1, Seedance and generic Doubao/Ark.
Best fit · Designers, app builders and marketing teams comparing Chinese image models with public API access, editing workflows and predictable per-image pricing.
Coverage · 100/100
StepFun
StepFun is important because it combines multimodal model depth, open-source releases and device commercialization, but overseas usability still needs hands-on checks.
Best fit · Teams evaluating Chinese multimodal models, open-source agent models, video/audio generation or device-side AI partnerships.
Coverage · 100/100
StepFun
The English platform makes StepFun more actionable for overseas developers than a company-only profile.
Best fit · Developers comparing Chinese model APIs for text, reasoning, tool calling, multimodal generation and OpenAI-compatible migration.
Coverage · 100/100
StepFun
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
Asahi Seifu
OiiOii is relevant because it is framed less as a single text-to-video model and more as a workflow platform for animation production.
Best fit · Creators and small teams testing an all-in-one animation workflow across scripting, character design, image generation and video generation.
Coverage · 100/100 · backfill: access signals
ByteDance / Volcano Engine
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 · 94/100 · backfill: sources, access signals
Kling AI: Kling AI is included because it is categorized as image AI or has documented image generation/editing capabilities.
Qwen: Qwen is included because it is categorized as image AI or has documented image generation/editing capabilities.
Qwen-Image / Wan Image: Qwen-Image / Wan Image is included because it is categorized as image AI or has documented image generation/editing capabilities.
GLM-Image / CogView: GLM-Image / CogView is included because it is categorized as image AI or has documented image generation/editing capabilities.
Ming: Ming is included because it is categorized as image AI or has documented image generation/editing capabilities.
MiniMax Token Plan: MiniMax Token Plan is included because it is categorized as image AI or has documented image generation/editing capabilities.
MiniMax Image API: MiniMax Image API is included because it is categorized as image AI or has documented image generation/editing capabilities.
ERNIE-Image: ERNIE-Image is included because it is categorized as image AI or has documented image generation/editing capabilities.
Hunyuan 3D Global: Hunyuan 3D Global is included because it is categorized as image AI or has documented image generation/editing capabilities.
Tencent Hunyuan Open Models: Tencent Hunyuan Open Models is included because it is categorized as image AI or has documented image generation/editing capabilities.
Seedream 5.0 Lite: Seedream 5.0 Lite is included because it is categorized as image AI or has documented image generation/editing capabilities.
StepFun / Step: StepFun / Step is included because it is categorized as image AI or has documented image generation/editing capabilities.
StepFun Open Platform: StepFun Open Platform is included because it is categorized as image AI or has documented image generation/editing capabilities.
Step Image Edit 2: Step Image Edit 2 is included because it is categorized as image AI or has documented image generation/editing capabilities.
OiiOii: OiiOii is included because it is categorized as image AI or has documented image generation/editing capabilities.
Jimeng AI: Jimeng AI is included because it is categorized as image AI or has documented image generation/editing capabilities.