How is baidu/ernie-4.5-21B-a3b-thinking priced on Routara?

Input tokens are billed at $0.07/M and output at $0.28/M. Charges are metered per request with no separate platform fee.

Is baidu/ernie-4.5-21B-a3b-thinking OpenAI-compatible?

Yes. Point any OpenAI SDK to https://api.routara.ai/v1 and set model to the Routara slug shown below.

Does baidu/ernie-4.5-21B-a3b-thinking support streaming?

Streaming is supported when the upstream route is live. Use stream: true in chat.completions.

Baidu Ernie 4 5 21b A3b Thinking

baidu/ernie-4.5-21B-a3b-thinking (Baidu) — 128K context, Reasoning tier. Input price: $0.07/M · Output price: $0.28/M · Avg latency 48ms. Routed via Routara OpenAI-compatible endpoint with multi-region failover and metered billing.

Live gateway pricing · routed to the best upstream for your region

Specifications

Developer: Baidu
Category: Reasoning
Context window: 128K
Input price: $0.07 / 1M
Output price: $0.28 / 1M
Avg latency: 48 ms
SLA grade: S+

Typical use cases

Multi-step reasoning and agent workflows
RAG pipelines with tool calling
Code generation, review, and test synthesis

FAQ

How is baidu/ernie-4.5-21B-a3b-thinking priced on Routara? — Input tokens are billed at $0.07/M and output at $0.28/M. Charges are metered per request with no separate platform fee.
Is baidu/ernie-4.5-21B-a3b-thinking OpenAI-compatible? — Yes. Point any OpenAI SDK to https://api.routara.ai/v1 and set model to the Routara slug shown below.
Does baidu/ernie-4.5-21B-a3b-thinking support streaming? — Streaming is supported when the upstream route is live. Use stream: true in chat.completions.

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Quick integration

curl https://api.routara.ai/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"model":"baidu/ernie-4.5-21B-a3b-thinking","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}],"stream":true}'