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Baidu Qianfan

Researched 2d agoPlatformTier 2

Baidu

RAGAgentsLong contextVisionClassificationJSON / Tool useAIChina

Baidu Qianfan offers 10 tracked models (10 with output token pricing). This catalog covers rag, agents, and long context; open any model detail page for benchmarks, batch tiers, and migration prompts.

Covers 6 workload areas across 10 tracked models; last verified 2026-06-24.

Use it for

  • Teams comparing token and batch pricing across this provider's models
  • Operators routing rag, agents, and long context workloads through this API

Do not use it for

  • Final benchmark picks without opening the relevant model detail page

Tracked models

10

Models available through this provider

Priced output routes

10

Models with output token pricing tracked

Cheapest output

$0.059

ERNIE Lite Pro on this route

Batch-ready models

0

No batch pricing tracked

Latest model release

2026-05-09

48d since newest release

Freshness

2026-06-24

Researched 2d ago

fresh

Information

TypePlatform
TierTier 2
Models10
CompanyBaidu
Founded2000
Beijing, China

Baidu Qianfan is Baidu Intelligent Cloud's foundation model and Agent development platform, providing hosted API access to ERNIE and Qianfan models for text generation, reasoning, multimodal understanding, embeddings, and agent workflows.

Catalog freshness

The newest model tracked on this provider was released 2026-05-09 (48d ago).

Where this host wins

  • RAG: 4 tracked models with ruler / needle retrieval benchmarks.
  • Agentic: 6 tracked models with BFCL, tau-bench, and SWE-bench tool-use coverage.
  • Long-context: 6 tracked models with context-token or InfiniteBench-class signal.
  • Vision: 6 tracked models with multimodal benchmark coverage.

Getting started

Official product, docs, and pricing links — confirm quotas and regions in the vendor docs.

Compliance notes

No verified compliance claims (SOC 2, ISO, HIPAA) tracked for this provider yet — check the vendor's trust center for current certifications.

Platform Overview

Baidu Qianfan provides native hosted access to Baidu's ERNIE model lineup, including ERNIE 5.1, through model service APIs and the Qianfan console. The platform documents OpenAI-compatible access patterns, model lists, rate limits, and token-based pricing for online inference.

Compare per-model pricing, input and output token costs, batch availability, and benchmark coverage.

Available Models(10)

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All models available as Serverless

ModelInput (per 1M)Output (per 1M)
ERNIE 5.1$0.59$2.65
ERNIE 5.0$0.89$3.54
ERNIE X1.1$0.15$0.59
ERNIE 4.5 Turbo$0.12$0.47
ERNIE 4.5 Turbo VL$0.44$1.33
ERNIE X1 Turbo$0.15$0.59
ERNIE 4.5$0.59$2.36
ERNIE X1$0.30$1.18
ERNIE Lite Pro$0.03$0.059
ERNIE Speed Pro$0.044$0.089