Most AI providers bill only international credit cards, which is a real blocker for developers in mainland China. An Alipay-funded AI API removes it: you top up a prepaid balance with Alipay and call many vendors models with one key.
Disclosure: APIMODELS is our own product. The facts below describe how payment works on apimodels.app.
Choose a top-up amount from $10. The payment dialog shows the exact CNY amount, converted at the live USD to CNY rate, before you pay. Pay by scanning the QR code on desktop or in the Alipay app on mobile; the balance is credited as soon as the payment succeeds. You can also sign in with Alipay, and on a phone it opens the Alipay app directly.
| Type | Examples |
|---|---|
| Chat / LLM | Claude Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5, GPT-6 and GPT-6.1, Gemini, DeepSeek V4, Qwen 3.8, GLM 5.3 |
| Image | GPT Image 2, Nano Banana, Seedream |
| Video | Seedance, Kling, Veo, Wan |
| Audio | ElevenLabs, MiniMax Speech |
api.apimodels.app/v1 is reachable from mainland China without a proxy. There is no organization or phone verification, and the endpoint is compatible with the OpenAI and Anthropic SDKs, so you only change base_url and the key. Popular models run on more than one upstream channel with automatic failover, and failed requests are never billed.
Other payment methods: Stripe (international cards), PayPal and USDT.
When this is not the right choice: if your company must pay the model vendor directly or needs an enterprise contract with OpenAI, Anthropic or Google, buy from the vendor instead.
cURL
curl https://api.apimodels.app/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $APIMODELS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "model": "claude-sonnet-5-5", "messages": [{"role":"user","content":"Hi"}] }'The live USD to CNY rate at the time of the order. The payment dialog shows the exact CNY amount before you pay.
$10. It is a prepaid pay-as-you-go balance with no monthly fee, and failed requests are never billed.
Yes. On desktop you scan a QR code; on a phone the Alipay app opens directly and you are signed in after authorizing.
