Baidu Search AI API enhanced tier drops to CNY 4.9 per 1K calls
10/30/2026 — 11/02, 10:19·2 sources (all)·2 reports (all)
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- Baidu has upgraded its Search AI API, with the enhanced tier listed at CNY 4.9 per 1K calls during a promotional period and a flagship tier…
Latest turnBaidu has upgraded its Search AI API and priced the enhanced tier at 4.9 yuan per 1,000 calls during a promotion, with the flagship tier at 9.9 yuan, claiming it undercuts DeepSeek's search API, InfoQ China reports. The company is also opening access through API, MCP and Skill for agents and enterprise systems. Baidu says its four-layer AI-native architecture lifts content credibility by over 50% and its retrieve-feedback-retrain loop improves iteration efficiency by more than 80%, both company figures. Community members note the 4.9 yuan rate is promotional and that result quality and stability matter more than a small price gap.
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Baidu has upgraded its Search AI API and priced the enhanced tier at 4.9 yuan per 1,000 calls during a promotion, with the flagship tier at 9.9 yuan, claiming it undercuts DeepSeek's search API, InfoQ China reports. The company is also opening access through API, MCP and Skill for agents and enterprise systems. Baidu says its four-layer AI-native architecture lifts content credibility by over 50% and its retrieve-feedback-retrain loop improves iteration efficiency by more than 80%, both company figures. Community members note the 4.9 yuan rate is promotional and that result quality and stability matter more than a small price gap.
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Baidu said at a Beijing product briefing that its search engine now evolves recursively on its own and that its upgraded search AI API starts at 4.9 yuan per 1,000 calls during the promotion, undercutting DeepSeek's search API. Its Wenxin assistant now aims to deliver finished outputs rather than single answers, covering more than 170 scenarios with follow-up tracking for long-running tasks, while AI Lens adds multi-target tracking and real-time conversation in nine Chinese dialects.
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