Chinese alternatives to the OpenAI API

10 China-origin companies in the same product space as OpenAI API — production LLM APIs — with source-cited facts and stated certifications.

• 01.AI CAICT Top-Level Certification
  01.AI is a global AI company focused on large language models and enterprise AI platforms. It develops the Yi series of foundation models an…
• Baichuan AI
  Baichuan AI is an artificial intelligence company based in Beijing, China. As of 2024, it has been dubbed one of China's 'AI Tiger' companie…
• Baichuan Intelligence
  
• Kimi
  Kimi is an AI platform featuring the K2.6 model for coding, Agent Swarm for task automation, document processing, and deep research.
• MiniMax
  MiniMax is a global AI foundation model company founded in early 2022. It develops proprietary multimodal models including text, speech, mus…
• ModelBest
  ModelBest is an AI company specializing in large model innovation and on-device intelligence. It develops lightweight, high-performance mode…
• Qwen
  Qwen Studio offers functionality for chatbot, image and video understanding, image generation, document processing, web search integration, …
• StepFun
  StepFun AI is a personal efficiency assistant that helps with knowledge acquisition, information query, language learning, creative writing,…
• Zhipu AI
  Z.ai is a free AI chatbot and agent powered by GLM-5. It can build websites, create slides, analyze data, and answer questions.
• Zhipu AI
  Developer of the GLM large language model family, providing model-as-a-service (MaaS) APIs and products like ChatGLM, AutoGLM, and Zread.ai.…

Listed alphabetically — ranking is not for sale. Inclusion means the company is registered in the same product space as OpenAI API, not a claim of feature parity; check each profile's facts and sources. OpenAI API is a trademark of its respective owner; SinoFacts is not affiliated with it.