ERNIE API pricing
How ERNIE API charges, what to know before you commit, and what you'd pay at your usage — next to what the alternatives would cost for the same thing.
How it charges
Checked 2026-10-07 on intl.cloud.baidu.com ↗ · USD, list pricesIn short
Pay per token on Qianfan, from $0.11 / $0.45 per million input/output tokens on ERNIE 4.5 Turbo to $0.56 / $2.53 on ERNIE 5.1.
- Free plan
- Yes
- Side project
- $1.00/mo ERNIE 4.5 Turbo
- Growing
- $10/mo ERNIE 4.5 Turbo
- Scaling
- $200/mo ERNIE 4.5 Turbo
What the model leaves out
International prices for the lowest input-length tier. ERNIE 5.0, which adds image input and a thinking mode, costs $0.84 / $3.38.
Before you commit
- Prices are tiered by input length: ERNIE 5.1 is $0.56 / $2.53 up to 32K input and $0.84 / $3.10 from 32K to 128K.
- Mainland (cloud.baidu.com) prices are in yuan per thousand tokens and also sold as prepaid token packs.
| Plan | Monthly fee | Input tokens per month | Output tokens per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| ERNIE 5.1 | None | $0.56 per million tokens | $2.53 per million tokens |
| ERNIE 4.5 Turbo | None | $0.11 per million tokens | $0.45 per million tokens |
What you'd pay
ERNIE 4.5 Turbo50 million tokens × $0.11 per million tokens + 10 million tokens × $0.45 per million tokens$10/mo
Cost as you grow
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