# FerryAPI

FerryAPI provides practical, low-cost, OpenAI-compatible AI API access for global businesses, SaaS teams, e-commerce operators, support teams, automation builders, and AI API resellers.

Last updated: 2026-06-03

## Core Positioning

- Low-cost OpenAI-compatible AI API gateway for high-volume everyday workloads
- LLM API gateway for Chat Completions, model lists, common SDKs, IDEs, and AI clients
- Multi-model AI API platform for DeepSeek, Xiaomi MiMo, Doubao, Qwen, Kimi, Zhipu AI, OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and other configured providers
- Prepaid USD balance, token usage billing, API key management, model availability, quota control, and provider account pools
- English and Chinese public pages: English canonical URLs live at the root path; Chinese pages live under /zh

## Important Pages

- Home: https://www.ferryapi.io/ | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh
- Features: https://www.ferryapi.io/features | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/features
- Use cases: https://www.ferryapi.io/use-cases | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/use-cases
- Customer support AI API: https://www.ferryapi.io/solutions/customer-support-ai-api | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/solutions/customer-support-ai-api
- E-commerce AI API: https://www.ferryapi.io/solutions/ecommerce-ai-api | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/solutions/ecommerce-ai-api
- Translation and localization API: https://www.ferryapi.io/solutions/translation-localization-api | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/solutions/translation-localization-api
- Content generation API: https://www.ferryapi.io/solutions/content-generation-api | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/solutions/content-generation-api
- Coding agent API: https://www.ferryapi.io/solutions/coding-agent-api | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/solutions/coding-agent-api
- Document knowledge API: https://www.ferryapi.io/solutions/document-knowledge-base-api | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/solutions/document-knowledge-base-api
- Data automation API: https://www.ferryapi.io/solutions/data-automation-api | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/solutions/data-automation-api
- Education and language learning API: https://www.ferryapi.io/solutions/education-language-learning-api | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/solutions/education-language-learning-api
- AI SaaS API: https://www.ferryapi.io/solutions/ai-saas-api | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/solutions/ai-saas-api
- Overseas Chinese business AI API: https://www.ferryapi.io/solutions/overseas-chinese-business | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/solutions/overseas-chinese-business
- Sourcing and trade AI API: https://www.ferryapi.io/solutions/sourcing | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/solutions/sourcing
- Game AI API: https://www.ferryapi.io/solutions/game-ai | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/solutions/game-ai
- Storytelling AI API: https://www.ferryapi.io/solutions/storytelling-ai | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/solutions/storytelling-ai
- Companion AI API: https://www.ferryapi.io/solutions/companion-ai | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/solutions/companion-ai
- Creator social media AI API: https://www.ferryapi.io/solutions/creator-social-media | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/solutions/creator-social-media
- HR and recruiting AI API: https://www.ferryapi.io/solutions/hr | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/solutions/hr
- Legal compliance AI API: https://www.ferryapi.io/solutions/legal-compliance-ai | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/solutions/legal-compliance-ai
- Workflow automation AI API: https://www.ferryapi.io/solutions/workflow-automation | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/solutions/workflow-automation
- Training data AI API: https://www.ferryapi.io/solutions/training-data-ai | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/solutions/training-data-ai
- Cheap OpenAI-compatible API: https://www.ferryapi.io/solutions/cheap-openai-compatible-api | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/solutions/cheap-openai-compatible-api
- AI API reseller platform: https://www.ferryapi.io/solutions/ai-api-reseller | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/solutions/ai-api-reseller
- China AI model API gateway: https://www.ferryapi.io/solutions/china-ai-model-api | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/solutions/china-ai-model-api
- OpenRouter alternative: https://www.ferryapi.io/compare/openrouter-alternative | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/compare/openrouter-alternative
- AI API pricing comparison: https://www.ferryapi.io/compare/ai-api-pricing | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/compare/ai-api-pricing
- Trust and security: https://www.ferryapi.io/trust | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/trust
- Available AI models: https://www.ferryapi.io/providers | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/providers
- DeepSeek API: https://www.ferryapi.io/providers/deepseek-api | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/providers/deepseek-api
- Xiaomi MiMo API: https://www.ferryapi.io/providers/xiaomi-mimo-api | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/providers/xiaomi-mimo-api
- Qwen API: https://www.ferryapi.io/providers/qwen-api | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/providers/qwen-api
- Kimi API: https://www.ferryapi.io/providers/kimi-api | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/providers/kimi-api
- Usage pricing: https://www.ferryapi.io/pricing | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/pricing
- Global nodes: https://www.ferryapi.io/network | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/network
- AI API status and model availability: https://www.ferryapi.io/status | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/status
- AI API blog: https://www.ferryapi.io/blog | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/blog
- Integration docs: https://www.ferryapi.io/docs | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/docs
- OpenAI-compatible API guide: https://www.ferryapi.io/docs/openai-compatible-api | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/docs/openai-compatible-api
- Trae custom model setup: https://www.ferryapi.io/docs/trae-custom-model | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/docs/trae-custom-model
- CC Switch import guide: https://www.ferryapi.io/docs/cc-switch-import | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/docs/cc-switch-import
- Model provider and model ID guide: https://www.ferryapi.io/docs/model-provider-and-model-id | zh: https://www.ferryapi.io/zh/docs/model-provider-and-model-id

## API Summary

Base URL:

```text
https://www.ferryapi.io/v1
```

Chat Completions endpoint:

```text
POST /v1/chat/completions
```

Models endpoint:

```text
GET /v1/models
```

Authentication:

```text
Authorization: Bearer sk-your-ferryapi-key
```

## Best-Fit Workloads

- Customer support chatbots, FAQ automation, website assistants, and ticket triage
- Translation, localization, global e-commerce copy, product descriptions, review summaries, and multilingual support
- Coding agents, AI IDEs, code explanation, unit tests, scripts, pull request summaries, and developer automation
- Document summaries, knowledge-base Q&A, RAG workflows, information extraction, classification, JSON structuring, and data cleanup
- Game localization, NPC dialogue, storytelling, creator tools, HR recruiting, low-code automation, data labeling, research summaries, and overseas Chinese business services

## Chinese Summary

FerryAPI 是面向全球开发者和企业的低成本 AI API 网关，提供 OpenAI 兼容接口、可用模型列表、API Key 管理、美元预付费余额、token 用量计费和多模型供应商接入。适合客服、翻译、跨境电商、内容生成、文档摘要、代码助手、自动化和 AI API 转售等高频场景。

## Safety Notes

Use stronger frontier models for complex reasoning, serious coding, expert analysis, and high-risk decisions. Use FerryAPI low-cost provider pools for everyday, high-volume, medium-complexity AI tasks where price, stability, and availability matter most. Legal, financial, and healthcare content should be positioned as information processing only, not professional advice.