> iFlyTek Spark
iFlyTek's Spark (星火) open platform sells its models through xinghuo.xfyun.cn in CNY per million tokens: the flagship Spark-X2.5 is listed at a limited-time 50% discount of 1.60 CNY per million input tokens, 6.00 CNY per million output tokens and 0.24 CNY per million cache-hit tokens. Spark X2 is quoted at 2–3 CNY per million tokens and Spark-X2-Flash at 1–2 CNY, while the small dense models Spark-X2.5-4B (limited-time free) and Spark-X2.5-1.7B (free) are offered at no cost. The same catalogue resells third-party open models such as GLM-5.2 (8 CNY in / 28 CNY out per million) and DeepSeek-V4-Flash (1 CNY in / 2 CNY out), alongside fine-tuning rates from 6 CNY per million tokens.
// pros
- Free tier is stated on the platform's own pages: new users receive 10,000 free voice interactions and 200,000 free tokens per Spark model ('每个模型20万tokens免费额度').
- Two Spark models are free outright — Spark-X2.5-1.7B (免费) and Spark-X2.5-4B (限时免费).
- Flagship rates are published with the discount shown explicitly: Spark-X2.5 at 1.60 CNY/M input, 6.00 CNY/M output and 0.24 CNY/M cache hit, marked 限时五折.
- One account reaches many vendors: GLM-5.2, Kimi-K2.7-Code, DeepSeek-V4-Pro and DeepSeek-V4-Flash are listed with per-million-token rates, plus fine-tuning from 6 CNY/M (Qwen3-14B) to 30 CNY/M.
- Speech-heavy coverage is documented: Spark-X2.5 covers 200+ languages, the Chinese recognition model supports 202 dialects without segmentation, and the multilingual recogniser covers 37 languages.
// cons
- All published prices are in CNY on a China-operated platform (Hefei-based, 皖ICP备05001217号-71), so international buyers must confirm account and payment eligibility themselves.
- Several quoted rates are ranges rather than fixed prices (Spark X2 at 2–3 CNY/M, Spark-X2-Flash at 1–2 CNY/M), and the flagship rate is an explicitly time-limited 50% discount.
- The free allowance is a per-model token grant and a one-off voice interaction grant, with 200,000 tokens per model being small for anything beyond initial evaluation.
- The English-language product URLs tested no longer resolve, so the usable catalogue and pricing are only on the Chinese xinghuo.xfyun.cn pages.
Choose iFlyTek when Chinese-language and dialect speech work is the priority rather than raw text cost — the 200,000-token-per-model allowance plus the free 1.7B model is enough to benchmark recognition and synthesis quality against your own audio. For high-volume text, compare DeepSeek-V4-Flash on the same platform before committing, since Spark-X2.5's 6 CNY per million output tokens is roughly six times the cheap tier.
written by Mike Fleming, Uprouter editorial · verified against official sources September 16, 2026
Free tier present — value not quantified
This provider offers a free tier, but its terms don’t convert cleanly into a USD figure (e.g. request-count limits or capacity-dependent pools). We refuse to print a misleading zero here. See the note below and the official pricing page for the exact limits.
note: No cash credit: the platform states new users get 10,000 free voice interactions and 200,000 free tokens per Spark model ('每个模型20万tokens免费额度') on xinghuo.xfyun.cn/sparkapi; no CNY or USD credit figure is published (checked 2026-09-16).
| Plan | Type | Monthly | Input /1M | Output /1M | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free tier (source-reported) | free | — | — | — | Spark Lite has unlimited total tokens, QPS 2, no expiry (permanently free); each version also has ~2 million free tokens for about a year, and some campaigns grant 100 million Spark Max tokens. Uses spark-api-open.xf-yun.com/v1 with an API Password from the console. |
| Free tier | free | — | Free | Free | spark-lite $0 |
| Pay-as-you-go | payg | — | — | — | max/ultra per-model CNY rates |
| Spark Lite | free | — | — | — | Permanently free version. |
| Spark Pro (PAYG) | payg | — | $2.80 | $8.33 | Est. from ¥20/1M (input) and ¥60/1M (output) at ¥7.2/$1. |
Pricing normalized from public sources — always verify with the provider.
// model prices
| Model | Input /1M | Output /1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spark Lite (permanently free) | — | — | — |
| Spark Max (limited/campaign free) | — | — | — |
| Spark Pro/other versions (limited free tokens) | — | — | — |
$ Does iFlyTek Spark have a free tier?
Yes — iFlyTek Spark offers a free tier. Always confirm current limits on iFlyTek Spark's official pricing page — free tiers change without notice.
$ How much does iFlyTek Spark cost per 1M tokens?
iFlyTek Spark does not publish simple per-1M-token pricing (it may bill per request, per output, or via a subscription plan). Check their official pricing page for exact figures.
$ Is iFlyTek Spark safe to use?
Uprouter rates iFlyTek Spark as low risk. Moderate risk: pricing is published but volatile, with the flagship rate described as a limited-time 50% discount and two Spark tiers quoted only as ranges, so unit economics should be re-checked before each commitment. The operator is a Chinese entity with CNY-only pricing and domestic filing, meaning invoice, payment-method and data-residency questions need resolving before production use. The free allowance is a token grant rather than a durable monetary credit, and the catalogue includes resold third-party models whose model IDs and prices can change independently of iFlyTek's own lineup. Risk ratings are editorial, evidence-based, and never influenced by affiliate relationships.
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// more_informationprice history · live status · risk & confidence · code snippets
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risk_&_confidence
Moderate risk: pricing is published but volatile, with the flagship rate described as a limited-time 50% discount and two Spark tiers quoted only as ranges, so unit economics should be re-checked before each commitment. The operator is a Chinese entity with CNY-only pricing and domestic filing, meaning invoice, payment-method and data-residency questions need resolving before production use. The free allowance is a token grant rather than a durable monetary credit, and the catalogue includes resold third-party models whose model IDs and prices can change independently of iFlyTek's own lineup.
Confidence reflects how much verifiable evidence (official docs, probe history, community reports) backs this entry. Risk is our editorial assessment of operator reliability and terms — not financial advice.
code_snippets
# iFlyTek Spark's own API — get a key from their dashboard
curl https://YOUR-PROVIDER-ENDPOINT/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer THEIR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "spark-lite-permanently-free",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }]
}'Direct to the provider — Uprouter receives nothing; verify their current pricing before purchasing.
Ranked by neutral similarity signals only — live status, free-tier shape and free-credit proximity. Commercial relationships never influence this list.