Bridge Blog — Chinese frontier model APIs, decoded

Guides and pricing analysis for DeepSeek, GLM, Kimi and Qwen — written by the team behind the Bridge AI API gateway.

DeepSeek vs Qwen vs GLM vs Kimi (2026): The Complete Chinese LLM API Comparison

Real pricing, context windows and a decision guide for the four majors — all behind one OpenAI-compatible key.

2026-08-30 · Comparison

LLM API Cost Calculator — Estimate Monthly Spend Across Models

Adjust requests, prompt size and cache-hit rate; see monthly costs with production pricing. Free, no signup.

2026-08-30 · Tool

DeepSeek API Pricing in 2026: What the Peak/Off-Peak Change Means for You

DeepSeek's August 2026 peak/off-peak pricing pushed peak-hour input to ¥9 per 1M tokens. Compare official vs Bridge pricing, and see how cache hits change the math.

2026-08-30 · Pricing analysis

GLM API Guide: Zhipu GLM-5.2 Pricing, Vision Support, and OpenAI Compatibility

GLM-5.2 official pricing vs Bridge, how to call it from your existing OpenAI SDK, and why cache hits cut your bill by 90%.

2026-08-30 · Model guide

Kimi API Guide: Moonshot K3 Pricing and 256K-Context Workloads

Kimi K3's long context makes it an agent favorite — but official pricing is steep. Here's the comparison and a working Python example.

2026-08-30 · Model guide

Qwen API Guide: Open-Weights Economics with Qwen2.5 72B

Self-hosted open weights mean latency and price advantages for high-volume workloads. What that means in practice, with benchmarks.

2026-08-30 · Model guide

What Is an LLM API Gateway? Benefits, Billing & When You Need One

The plain-English explainer: direct API vs gateway vs router, and the five things a gateway actually does.

2026-08-30 · Explainer
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