Does Baichuan have a free tier?
No standing free tier on the official price page; new-account grants vary with policy — whatever the platform shows after signup is authoritative.
Baichuan: get an API key and write fiction with it on your phone
Baichuan has pivoted to medical models (the M3 line auto-triggers medical search); the general-purpose M2 still serves at ¥2/M input — fine as a budget fallback, just don't expect fast iteration on the general line. This page is the BYOK quick answer for Baichuan: key steps, direct console and pricing links, and the app-side notes that matter. Verified 2026-07-18.
Two links up front: get your key at the official console and check rates on the official pricing page. Prices and free quotas move; the official pages are authoritative.
What does it power inside Foreverse?
The factory preset declares 1 modality flag for Baichuan. The models actually available come from the live catalog fetched in-app — catalogs move fast, and the flag only means the protocol wiring is ready.
| Modality | Used for |
|---|---|
| Text | Continuation · roleplay chat · agent |
How do I get a Baichuan API key?
- Register at platform.baichuan-ai.com.
- Complete identity verification (personal or corporate) — keys stay inactive without it.
- Open the workbench → API key management → create; the key is shown only at creation, copy it on the spot.
- A drained balance returns 429 'Insufficient account balance' — prepay on the billing page.
Key in hand: three steps to connect
- Open the app's Settings → AI models & services and find Baichuan in the list (one of 62 presets, with logo and search).
- Paste the key and tap the connectivity test — it fires one real request to verify key and network, and pulls back the model list while it's at it.
- Enable the models you want, then set per-modality defaults (text, image, speech, and video each get their own); continuation, chat, and listening route through them from then on.
The one universal host pitfall: the API host must include its full version prefix (this provider's exact form is in the notes below) — the app never appends /v1 for you.
Baichuan-specific notes
The preset host is https://api.baichuan-ai.com/v1. Keys activate only after identity verification. The M3-Plus/M2-Plus tiers auto-trigger a separately billed 'medical search' (¥0.03 per call) — for fiction, stick to the plain M2 tier and skip that surcharge.
FAQ
Where does the key live once I paste it into the app?
It's stored on your device only, under system-level encryption — never uploaded or synced to any Foreverse server. Requests go straight from your phone to the provider's official endpoint with zero markup. To revoke access, delete the key in the provider's console.