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Doubao Pro API: ByteDance's Cheapest AI Model ($0.06/M Tokens)
April 16, 2026 · 4 min read
Doubao Pro from ByteDance (the company behind TikTok) is one of the cheapest capable AI models available — just $0.06 input / $0.11 output per million tokens, with a massive 256K context window.
Why Doubao Pro?
- $0.06/M tokens input — 63x cheaper than GPT-5.4
- 256K context window — process entire books or codebases
- ByteDance quality — backed by one of China's largest tech companies
- Smart routing default — AIPower's
auto-cheaproutes here
Use Cases
- High-volume text classification and extraction
- Chat applications where cost per message matters
- Summarizing long documents (256K context)
- Data labeling and annotation at scale
Quick Start
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.aipower.me/v1", api_key="YOUR_KEY")
# Doubao Pro — cheapest capable model
r = client.chat.completions.create(
model="doubao/doubao-pro-256k",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this article: ..."}],
)
# Or use smart routing
r = client.chat.completions.create(
model="auto-cheap", # Routes to Doubao Pro automatically
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Classify this text"}],
)Access Doubao Pro and 15 other models at aipower.me. 50 free calls.