cheapmodel API Reference

Quick Start

Create a token in the console, choose a model from the model marketplace, and set the base URL for the protocol you want to use.

Copyfrom openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_CHEAPMODEL_KEY",
    base_url="https://cheapmodel.ai/v1",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-5.5",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello from cheapmodel"}],
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Protocol Endpoints

AI Model APIs

Video APIs

Video models use asynchronous task APIs. cheapmodel normalizes token authentication, task IDs, status queries, and account billing across supported video providers.

Copycurl https://cheapmodel.ai/video/v1/video/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_CHEAPMODEL_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "doubao-seedance-2-0-fast-260128",
    "prompt": "Two cats run and playfully chase each other",
    "size": "9:16",
    "duration": -1,
    "generate_audio": true,
    "watermark": false
  }'

Billing

Text and image models follow the model marketplace price table. Native video tasks are charged only after a provider task completes successfully, based on the provider usage returned by the task query.