Meituan LongCat API Platform
- Free allowance
- No standing free allowance on the pages read: LongCat-2.0 and LongCat-2.5-Preview are pay-as-you-go from a prepaid balance at a limited-time discount of USD 0.30 per 1M uncached input and USD 1.20 per 1M output.
- Verdict
- paidno free allowance; listed for its price
- Cost
- no price stated
- Identity
- emailno card, phone required
- Binding limit
- request-ratelimits are enforced per API key and exceeding them returns HTTP 429; no requests-per-minute figure is published on the pages read
- Evidence
- documented11 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-29checked 2026-10-29 (live); stale on 2026-11-29
| Free tier | no standing free allowance on the pages read: LongCat-2.0 and LongCat-2.5-Preview are pay-as-you-go from a prepaid balance at a limited-time discount of USD 0.30 per 1M uncached input and USD 1.20 per 1M output. Six LongCat-Flash models were retired effective May 29, 2026. LongCat-2.0-Preview was announced with an initial quota of 5,000,000 Tokens/day, and billing for LongCat-2.0 was announced on 2026-06-30. Promotional credits exist and are consumed before the paid balance, but how a new account obtains one is not stated unit none; metered on none; no-standing-free-allowance |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
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| Binding | request-rate per-key request limit with a 429 response; the prepaid balance is the other gate |
| Identity | email outside mainland China an account registers with a mobile phone number or an email. The international-site FAQ states no identity verification is required to recharge or use the service. Mainland China accounts must complete identity verification (real name and ID number) or enterprise verification before recharging or buying token packs |
| Egress | not published |
| Interface | rest endpoint: https://api.longcat.chat/openai |
| Tooling | OpenAI-compatible POST /v1/chat/completions on https://api.longcat.chat/openai and Anthropic-compatible POST /v1/messages on https://api.longcat.chat/anthropic |
| Composes with | pairs with an agent as a 1M-context pay-as-you-go model; the six LongCat-Flash models of the earlier API launch are retired |
| Reliability | six LongCat-Flash models were retired effective May 29, 2026 and the changelog announces LongCat-2.0 billing on 2026-06-30 |
| Notes | a one-time free grant for new accounts is unverified; the first-party pages read state no free grant |
| Evidence note | documented pricing and retirement are read from the vendor docs; whether a new-account promotional credit is granted is unverified |
Evidence 11
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-28 | longcat.chat/platform/docs/ | the platform exposes an OpenAI-compatible chat completions endpoint |
| 2026-10-28 | longcat.chat/platform/docs/faq | registration outside mainland China is by phone or email |
| 2026-10-28 | longcat.chat/platform/docs/faq | mainland accounts need identity or enterprise verification before recharging |
| 2026-10-28 | longcat.chat/platform/docs/faq | the international-site FAQ requires no identity verification to recharge or use the service |
| 2026-10-28 | longcat.chat/platform/docs/faq | rate limits are per API key and return 429 |
| 2026-10-28 | longcat.chat/platform/docs/api-pay-as-you-go | only two models are sold, both pay-as-you-go |
| 2026-10-28 | longcat.chat/platform/docs/api-pay-as-you-go | limited-time discounted uncached input price per 1M tokens in USD |
| 2026-10-28 | longcat.chat/platform/docs/api-pay-as-you-go | promotional credits exist and are consumed first; the paid balance does not expire |
| 2026-10-28 | longcat.chat/platform/docs/change-log | part of the text of Free tier, above |
| 2026-10-28 | longcat.chat/platform/docs/change-log | LongCat-2.0-Preview was announced with an initial daily token quota |
| 2026-10-28 | longcat.chat/platform/docs/change-log | the changelog entry for 2026-06-30 announces LongCat-2.0 release and billing |
Unknown values 3
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