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Express API

Updated August 4, 2026

Overview / Description

Express API is an AI model-aggregator API that gives developers access to Chinese AI models — including DeepSeek, Kimi, Qwen, Doubao, GLM, ERNIE, MiniMax, and Hunyuan — through a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Because it is 100% OpenAI-compatible, you switch to it by changing only the base_url in an existing OpenAI SDK setup, with no other code rewrites. Billing is pay-as-you-go with transparent per-token pricing that lists input and output rates separately per model, so there is no subscription. Published examples include DeepSeek deepseek-v4-pro at $0.60 per 1M input tokens and $1.80 per 1M output tokens, deepseek-v4-flash at $0.20/$0.85 per 1M, and Kimi kimi-k3 (a multimodal vision model) at $3.00/$12.00 per 1M. Payments are handled in USD via Stripe, and new signups receive a small free credit to test the endpoint. The catalog spans reasoning, fast code, long-context (128K), and vision models across multiple Chinese vendors, letting teams route to the cheapest or most capable model for each task without managing separate provider accounts. It targets developers building agents, chat apps, and code tools who want low-latency access to Chinese models priced in USD.

Used For

Best for developers who want to call DeepSeek, Kimi, Qwen, and other Chinese models through one OpenAI-compatible API billed per token in USD.

Pricing

Pay-as-you-go

Free

No subscription; per-token billing with separate input/output rates per model, e.g. DeepSeek deepseek-v4-pro $0.60/1M input and $1.80/1M output; $0.10 free credit on signup; USD via Stripe

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Pros & Cons

Pros

  • 100% OpenAI-compatible: migrate by changing only the base_url, no other code changes
  • Single endpoint reaches multiple Chinese vendors' models — DeepSeek, Kimi, Qwen, Doubao, GLM and more
  • Transparent per-token pricing with separate input/output rates (e.g. DeepSeek deepseek-v4-pro at $0.60/$1.80 per 1M tokens)
  • USD billing via Stripe with a free credit on signup and no subscription commitment

Cons

  • Scope is limited to Chinese-vendor models — no OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google models
  • Pay-as-you-go per-token costs can be hard to forecast for high-throughput workloads
  • As a routing layer, uptime and latency depend on upstream Chinese providers
  • Model catalog and exact model names shift as vendors update versions

Questions & Answers

Alternatives

OpenRouter, Together AI

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