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For every AI product selling into China.

Eight use cases — from LLM chat to AI games. Browse by your product type to see which billing model fits, what to meter, and what Chinese consumers expect to pay. The billing models themselves live on the Product page.

Text → Text

LLM chat · writing · code copilots

Chat assistants, writing tools, code completion, translation engines. Bill by message, by token bucket, or via a monthly plan with quota.

Subscription or top-upChatGPT-style wrappers, Cursor-style copilots, translation APIs

Text → Image

Image generation · edit · upscale

Per-image or per-resolution billing. Demand is spiky — a top-up model ensures users have balance before queueing, so you never chase post-billing.

Top-upMidjourney-style services, Stable Diffusion SaaS, AI creative tools

Text → Video

Video generation · animation

High compute cost per second of output. Prepaid credits protect your margin — consumers fund their queue upfront, no bad debt.

Top-upRunway-style, Pika, Sora-like services

Voice & Audio

TTS · voice clone · AI music

Text-to-speech, voice cloning, real-time voice agents, AI music generation. Bill per character, per second, or per generation.

Top-up or subscriptionElevenLabs-style TTS, Suno-style music, voice agent APIs

AI Games

AI NPC · interactive fiction · character chat

AI-driven characters, choose-your-own-adventure engines, roleplay platforms. Subscription for base access; top-up consumables for premium interactions.

Subscription + top-upAI Dungeon-style, character chat platforms, AI-powered indie games

AI Education

Tutoring · exam prep · language

AI language tutors, exam-prep assistants, homework helpers, kids' learning apps. Parents and students want predictable monthly billing.

SubscriptionDuolingo-style AI, Khan Academy AI tutor, college-entrance prep

AI Agents

Autonomous tasks · workflow automation

Agents that research, write, browse, code, or operate software. Bill per run, per tool call, or via a task-completion credit bundle.

Top-up or one-timeResearch agents, RPA-meets-AI, autonomous coding assistants

AI Search

Answer engine · knowledge base · doc Q&A

Perplexity-style answer engines, private document search, enterprise knowledge Q&A. Monthly subscription or per-query top-up.

Subscription or top-upPerplexity-style, private knowledge SaaS, document Q&A tools

What we don't do — yet.

Physical goods, marketplaces, pure consumer e-commerce. If your model involves shipping, inventory, or C2C — we're not the right fit today.

Don't see your exact use case?

The usage event + rate card layer is open — most AI billing patterns fit cleanly. Tell us your model and we'll show you how to map it.

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