Chinese AI Platforms Alternatives
On a Western platform and want a Chinese one that can take its place without the network gymnastics? Start with the substitution guide below. It is organised the way you would actually ask the question: "I use X — what can replace it?"
Further down you will find the platforms laid out across 6 tracks, and the offers these platforms run themselves (timed campaigns and permanently free quotas, listed separately).
How we count: a platform counts as Chinese when its name contains Chinese characters, its domain ends in .cn, or the host belongs to a known Chinese vendor. An offer is only listed when it can be traced to an official page.
460Chinese platforms listed
4.3% of all 10,663 entries
4.3% of all 10,663 entries
48Platforms on this page
6 tracks · 8 each
6 tracks · 8 each
27Platform offers
15 timed + 12 permanent
15 timed + 12 permanent
Substitution guide 12 pairs
Organised the way you would ask it: "I use this Western platform — what can replace it?" Pick one to open the Chinese entry we list for it.6 tracks · 48 platforms
Filter by track. Each platform shows the Western tool it stands in for. Tracks are editorial groupings rather than site categories, so every track also links to a real category page.千问Alibaba · all-purpose assistant plus an office suitevs GPT-4oDeepSeekDeepSeek · open-weight reasoning at the lowest API costvs OpenAI API文心一言Baidu · Chinese knowledge fused with searchvs ChatGPT智谱The GLM family: the strongest open models for codingvs Claude讯飞星火Trained and served end to end on domestic computevs GPT-4MiniMaxOmni-modal generation plus general-purpose task agentsvs Claude书生大模型Shanghai AI Lab · open-weight foundation modelvs Llama阶跃AIMultimodal foundation and on-device modelsvs Gemini
飞书多维表格ByteDance · spreadsheets as apps, readable by agentsvs Airtable千问办公Alibaba · enterprise office agent that can join group chatsvs Microsoft Copilot扣子-AI办公ByteDance · build agents into office workflows without codevs GPTsQoderWorkAlibaba · agent workspace, DingTalk integration plannedvs Copilot workspace我来wolaiA Chinese knowledge base with AI Q&Avs Notion爱图表Charts from a single sentence about your spreadsheetvs Tableau察言观数AskTableConversational analytics that connects straight to your databasevs Power BI Q&A畅图AIOnline diagrams and visualisation, made in Chinavs Lucidchart
TRAEByteDance · an AI-native IDE built in Chinavs Cursor华为云码道Huawei · the whole enterprise development lifecyclevs GitHub CopilotiFlow CLITerminal-based AI agent workflowsvs Claude CodeJoyCodeJD · code generation and completionvs Copilot模力方舟Gitee · hosting and deployment for Chinese modelsvs Hugging Face阿里云百炼Alibaba Cloud · model and application development platformvs OpenAI PlatformPPIO派欧云Distributed compute and model APIsvs Together AIAI PingA compute aggregator with 600+ models behind one entryvs OpenRouter
即梦AIByteDance · images and clips from Chinese promptsvs Midjourney腾讯混元AI视频Tencent · text to videovs Runway智谱清影Text- and image-to-video, free to usevs SoraVidu AIShengshu · reference-image-to-videovs Pika通义灵眸Alibaba · digital human generationvs HeyGen磁力开创Kuaishou · video creation toolkitvs the CapCut suite美图设计室Templated product images and postersvs Canva星流AIImage generation plus a model communityvs Leonardo.Ai
讯飞星辰AgentiFlytek · enterprise agent buildingvs GPTsMiniMax AgentA general-purpose task agent from Chinavs ManusSekoSenseTime · a creative agent workspace响指HaiSnapCreate and publish agents without writing codevs GPTs金灵AIConversational agent applications库库AIBaidu Wenku · a document agentvs Notion AI悟空Alibaba · an enterprise AI-native work platformvs Copilot workspace搭叩Agent development and orchestrationvs Zapier
讯飞译制iFlytek · video translation and dubbingvs HeyGenVemus未音QQ Music · AI music creationvs Suno网易·天音NetEase · AI music generationvs SunoMureka AIKunlun · AI music generationvs Udio音秘Baidu · speech processing and editingvs Adobe Podcast逗哥配音A voice library for Chinese AI dubbingvs ElevenLabs轻析 LiteSightAudio transcription and structuringvs Descript万象有声End-to-end AI production for audiobooks and spoken contentvs ElevenLabs audiobooks
Chinese platform offers Verified against official pages
15 timed campaigns (referral rewards and new-user gifts, all of which expire) plus 12 permanent offers (free forever, or a monthly quota that does not expire).Timed campaignsTied to inviting someone, or to signing up and verifying your identity. All of them end on a known date, so they are re-checked on a schedule and pulled once they expire.15 offers
扣子 CozeHigh valueReferral reward
6,000 credits
Invite someone to register and you receive 6,000 activity credits, valid 30 days; the new user gets 1,500 credits plus another 1,500 for each daily login. Personal accounts first registered after 2026-01-19 only.
Source: space.coze.cn · official credit rulesView details →
硅基流动High valueReferral reward
¥16 each
Refer-a-friend programme: once your friend registers and completes identity verification you both receive a ¥16 general voucher, credited automatically within 1–5 minutes, with no cap and a 180-day validity. Runs until 2026-12-31.
Source: siliconflow.cn · official announcementView details →
智谱 BigModelHigh valueReferral reward
¥10 each
Register through a referral link and complete identity verification: inviter and invitee each receive ¥10 of model credit. Referrals are uncapped, rewards accumulate, and this stacks with the new-user verification offer.
Source: InfoQ · the campaign page on infoq.cnView details →
AI PingHigh valueReferral reward
¥10 each
Each friend who registers and verifies earns you both ¥10 of compute credit: uncapped, credited automatically, valid one year, and usable across 600+ models. Registration alone also comes with ¥6.
Source: aiping.cn · officialView details →
LiblibAI 星流High valueReferral reward
400 points each
A referral link brings you both 400 compute points plus one SD3 allowance, with no account-level or activity threshold; a daily login adds another 300 points.
Source: liblib.art · official benefits centreView details →
即梦 AIHigh valueReferral reward
188 credits each
Once a friend registers through your link and generates one image or video within 24 hours, you receive 188 credits (credited in about 5 minutes); the friend also gets a new-user pack.
Source: Jimeng app · officialView details →
智谱清言High valueNew user gift
20M tokens
Register and complete identity verification to receive 20 million tokens; lightweight models such as GLM-4-Flash are free forever, with a 256K context window.
Source: bigmodel.cn · open platform offers pageOfficial site ↗
阿里云百炼High valueNew user gift
1M tokens
New users receive 1 million free tokens in total, valid 90 days; Qwen-Turbo provides 1 million tokens every month, free forever, granted automatically after verification.
Source: bailian.aliyun.com · offers pageView details →
DeepSeekStandardNew user gift
¥10 balance
Registration comes with ¥10 of balance, roughly 5 million tokens, valid 30 days; a mainland phone number is enough and no card is needed. Web and app remain free.
Source: DeepSeek · open platform announcementView details →
千问 AppHigh valueNew user gift
¥8 voucher
After registering, send the welcome phrase in the chat box to claim a ¥8 no-threshold voucher (needs a verified Alipay account, valid 14 days, stacks with merchant discounts). The phrase changes over time.
Source: Qwen app · official new-user offerView details →
腾讯混元StandardNew user gift
1M tokens
The TokenHub new-user pack includes 1 million tokens for language models plus 1 million for multimodal understanding, valid one year; 3D generation models come with 100 credits each and video generation with 50.
Source: cloud.tencent.com · official documentationView details →
WorkBuddyHigh valueNew user gift
2,000 credits
New users receive 2,000 credits on registration; back-to-school verification for students and teachers adds 1,000 more (students until 2026-10-31, capped at 2 million claims; teachers until 2026-09-30).
Source: workbuddy.cn · official offers pageOfficial site ↗
CodeBuddyHigh valueNew user gift
5,000 credits
5,000 credits for new registrations (claimed manually at codebuddy.cn/profile/usage, valid 90 days); a base allowance is issued automatically on the 1st of each month.
Source: codebuddy.cn · account centreView details →
Trae CodeHigh valueNew user gift
4,000 credits
Registration grants 2,000 general credits plus 2,000 Work-only credits in one go, valid 31 days; monthly logins add 500 and daily check-ins another 150.
Source: docs.trae.cn · official documentationView details →
Kimi 登月同行High valueReferral reward
one draw each
Invite a friend to register and you each get one draw, with membership-equivalent credit as the prize; the 3-day membership draw has a 90% win rate. Note: the invite-a-subscriber task is paused, only registration invites count.
Source: kimi.com · official help centreView details →
Free foreverAvailable the moment you sign up, and the vendor states it is permanent or renewed every month. These do not expire.12 offers
通义灵码
Personal edition free forever
Alibaba Cloud · a coding assistant whose personal edition is entirely free with no limit; the enterprise edition can be trialled.
Source: tongyi.aliyun.com/lingmaView details →
CodeGeeX
Free and open source
Zhipu AI · code generation, free to use, and the open-source model can be self-hosted.
Source: codegeex.cnOfficial site ↗
GLM-4-Flash
Free forever
Zhipu AI · a lightweight model that is free to call forever, with a 256K context window.
Source: bigmodel.cnView details →
千帆 ERNIE
Free forever, no volume cap
Baidu AI Cloud · ERNIE-Speed and ERNIE-Lite are free without volume limits, rate-limited to one call per second.
Source: cloud.baidu.com · QianfanOfficial site ↗
讯飞星火 Lite
Free forever
iFlytek · the Spark Lite API is free forever; Qwen models on the Xingchen MaaS platform are unlimited during the campaign.
Source: maas.xfyun.cnView details →
硅基流动
Some small models free forever
Some small models are permanently free, newly added models are free for a limited time, and 600+ models sit behind a single entry point.
Source: siliconflow.cnView details →
Qwen-Turbo
1M tokens monthly
Alibaba Cloud Bailian · Qwen-Turbo comes with 1 million tokens every month, free forever, granted automatically after verification.
Source: bailian.aliyun.comView details →
混元 Lite API
Free forever
Tencent Cloud · the Hunyuan Lite API is free forever, and every primary account also gets one new-user trial pack.
Source: cloud.tencent.comView details →
有道翻译
Basics free forever
NetEase Youdao · basic translation is free forever, and document translation comes with free pages.
Source: youdao.comOfficial site ↗
摩尔线程
30-day free trial
A 30-day free trial of the AI Coding Plan, running GLM-4.7 inference on a domestic GPU: about 40 prompts every 5 hours, once per account.
Source: Moore Threads · official plan documentationOfficial site ↗
书生·浦语
Open source, free for commercial use
Shanghai AI Lab · open models are free for commercial use, and InternLM Studio is free to try online.
Source: intern-ai.org.cnView details →
How we countRules and quotas change often, so always check the official page for the current terms.