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ModelHub — DeepSeek API: 97% Cheaper Than GPT-5.5. One API. Global Pricing.

🔥 Product Hunt Launch June 11

45 Chinese AI Models.<br>One Key. 97% Cheaper.

DeepSeek V4, GLM-4, Doubao, Kimi — all through one account.

Same AI tier as GPT-5.5. No Chinese phone. Global payment.

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✅ $5 free credit · No credit card · Visa / MC / PayPal

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Quick start: Replace api_key in your OpenAI SDK with this Key, change base_url to https://api.modelhub-api.com/v1

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Available Models

DeepSeek V4 Flash — $0.15/M<br>DeepSeek R1 — $0.55/M<br>Qwen 3 — $0.10/M<br>GLM-4 — $0.20/M<br>Doubao — $0.12/M<br>Kimi — $0.18/M<br>+39 more

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Enter your email above. Your key appears instantly. No Chinese phone. No credit card.

// Your key looks like this:<br>mh-sk-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Choose how you want to use it

Two ways. Pick the one that works for you:

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No download, no settings — just open modelhub-api.com/chat in your browser and type. Free 1,000 requests included.

📦<br>Download a chat app

1. Download LobeChat

2. Settings → OpenAI

3. Enter API Key + URL + Model

Done. Free 1,000 requests included. Upgrade to $15/month . See pricing →

🔧 Quickstart — choose your method

# Easiest — Environment variables (works everywhere):<br>export OPENAI_API_KEY="mh-sk-xxx"<br>export OPENAI_BASE_URL="https://modelhub-api.com/v1"

# Or — One line change in your code:<br>client = OpenAI(<br>api_key="mh-sk-xxx",<br>base_url="https://modelhub-api.com/v1"

# Or — Quick test via curl (Mac/Linux):<br>curl -s https://modelhub-api.com/v1/chat/completions \<br>-H "Authorization: Bearer mh-sk-xxx" \<br>-H "Content-Type: application/json" \<br>-d '{"model":"deepseek-v4-flash","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello!"}]}'

# Windows (PowerShell):<br>$body = @{model="deepseek-v4-flash";messages=@(@{role="user";content="Hello!"})} | ConvertTo-Json<br>Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://modelhub-api.com/v1/chat/completions \<br>-Method POST -Headers @{Authorization="Bearer mh-sk-xxx"} -Body $body

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$15

/ month

60M tokens (~300k pages)

DeepSeek V4 Flash · 1 key

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Third-Party Benchmarks

Source: Chatbot Arena (lmsys.org) · Elo ratings as of May 2026

Model<br>Overall<br>Reasoning<br>Coding<br>Math

GPT-5.5<br>93<br>92<br>94<br>91

Claude 4<br>90<br>88<br>92<br>87

DeepSeek V4<br>89<br>90<br>88<br>91

Gemini 2.5<br>86<br>84<br>87<br>82

DeepSeek V4 math score equals GPT-5.5 (91) and trails by just 4-6 points in other categories — at 97% lower cost .

Is the AI quality as good as GPT?

DeepSeek V4 Flash scores competitively with GPT-5.5 and Claude Sonnet 4 on independent benchmarks. Same tier, fraction of the cost.

Do I need a Chinese phone number?

No. Email signup only. Global payment via Visa/Mastercard/PayPal. No Chinese requirements at all.

Can I use this without downloading anything?

Yes! Just use Terminal (Mac) or Command Prompt (Windows). Copy the curl command from the Developer tab and paste it. The AI responds right there.

How do you protect my data and payments?

All traffic is SSL/TLS encrypted. Payments are processed by Paddle — a globally trusted payment processor. We are GDPR compliant. We never store your prompts or use them for training. Full privacy policy →

Who runs ModelHub?

We are a dedicated team of engineers and AI researchers with backgrounds from MIT, HKUST, Tsinghua, and USTC. Founded by Xiao Zhe (ex-infrastructure engineer), we are building the bridge between world-class Chinese AI models and global developers.

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