Chinese LLM APIs for API Products: Reselling, Routing, Billing, and Governance
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Chinese LLMAPI ProductAI GatewayUsage Billing
If your product exposes AI APIs to customers, Chinese LLM providers can become part of your model portfolio.
Required controls
You need:
- customer API keys
- model permissions
- usage metering
- quotas
- billing logic
- provider routing
- fallback
- audit logs
Model portfolio
Offer routes for DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, MiniMax, GLM, and Doubao based on workload.
Final thoughts
Chinese LLM APIs can power API products, but billing and governance must be designed from the start.