Anthropic does not sell the Claude API directly in mainland China, and the official console often requires phone/organization verification that is hard to pass from China. API Models solves both: we proxy Claude through a domestic-reachable, OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so you just swap the base URL and key — no VPN, no verification, no separate Anthropic account.
The model output is identical to the official API (same weights, same parameters) — only the entry endpoint and the price differ. You can use the official Anthropic SDK or any OpenAI SDK without code changes, and you only pay for successful requests.
cURL
curl https://apimodels.app/api/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $APIMODELS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "model": "claude-sonnet-4-6", "messages": [{"role":"user","content":"Hello from China"}] }'Python
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(api_key="YOUR_KEY", base_url="https://apimodels.app/api/v1")
r = client.chat.completions.create(
model="claude-sonnet-4-6",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello from China"}],
)
print(r.choices[0].message.content)No. The endpoint apimodels.app/api/v1 is reachable from mainland China directly, no VPN required.
No organization or phone verification. Sign up with Google, Alipay or email and you can call immediately.
The Claude Opus / Sonnet / Haiku families (e.g. claude-opus-4-8, claude-sonnet-4-6). See the docs for the current list.
Up to 60–95% below official pricing, billed per token, only for successful requests.