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StepFun Prices, limits and access

Chinese AI provider offering a consumer chat app and an OpenAI-compatible API for text, image, audio, and multimodal models.

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At a Glance

StepFun is an AI tool for Assistants & workspaces (category: Productivity). Free access: Free plan. The vendor publishes no public prices.

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Assistants & workspaces
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Free Option
Free plan
Plans
No public price
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2 verified sources
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Category: Productivity · Assistants & workspaces

Features

Stepfun is a Chinese AI lab with Step models for text, image, audio, and video. The multimodal Step-2 model can process text, images, documents, and audio. API access is available for developers. Outside mainland China, actual accessibility varies greatly by region and platform; the primary product language is Chinese. Available tiers and limits are in the pricing overview.

Prices and plans

The vendor publishes no public prices.

OpenAI-compatible API for text, vision, audio, and image models Step Plan subscription tailored for coding/agent tools

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Prices last checked: 2026-10-23

Limits

No public consumer price for the chat app itself; the API bills per-model usage (e.g. Step 3.5 Flash 0.7 CNY/1M input tokens), a Step Plan subscription for coding tools starts at 49 CNY/month. No official USD/EUR pricing.

Terms explained

Text-to-videoText-to-imageAPIAI agent

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How we compare

We compare free access, paid entry, plan limits, features and the listed official sources. Unsourced figures stay marked as not published.

Only confirmed entries appear in the catalog. Prices, plans and limits come from listed official vendor pages. Missing figures stay marked as not published. Search results are ordered by Task match by default; category and task lists are alphabetical. Both can be switched to Free access first; neither is a quality ranking. The vendor page always wins.

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Sources

All details regarding plans, limits, and features are based on official vendor documentation and the primary sources verified below.

  • platform.stepfun.com/step-plan
  • stepfun.com

FAQ

Is StepFun available for free?

Yes. A permanently free plan is published, not a time-limited trial.

Where is the vendor of StepFun based?

Shanghai StepFun Intelligent Technology is based in China. Regardless of that location, data processing and privacy terms are governed by the vendor's own contract.

How is StepFun billed?

No consumer price is listed for the chat app itself. The API bills by usage per model, for example Step 3.5 Flash at 0.7 CNY per 1 million input tokens. A Step Plan subscription for coding tools starts at 49 CNY per month; there are no official USD or EUR prices.

What is “Shanghai StepFun Intelligent Technology” on my bank or card statement?

According to our catalog data, Shanghai StepFun Intelligent Technology is the company behind StepFun, so a charge under this name may come from a subscription or purchase at StepFun. The exact wording on a bank or card statement is set by the vendor and its payment provider; it can differ and is not recorded here. The invoices in your StepFun account help to match the charge; for an unknown charge, contact your bank.

What plans does StepFun offer?

The catalog documents one plan with price, billing period, and included features.

Is StepFun currently available?

StepFun is active.

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