LongCat Flash Chat

Other chatreasoningtool_use

API ID: meituan/longcat-flash-chat

Input Price
$0.20
/1M tokens
Output Price
$0.80
/1M tokens

About LongCat Flash Chat

Longcat is Meituan's long-context model, optimized for processing extensive documents. The model excels at tasks requiring analysis of lengthy content. Longcat demonstrates strong performance on long-context benchmarks. For applications requiring extended context processing, Longcat offers specialized long-document capability.

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Price Ranking
#416 lowest price among 599 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
131k
Max Output
131k
Release Date
2025-09-09
Capabilities
chat reasoning tool_use
Input Modalities
text
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Complex reasoning, math problems, multi-step logic
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Image understanding (needs vision capability)
  • Simple Q&A (cheaper models available)

๐Ÿ’ฐ Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$0.33
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$10.20
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each
Data Analysis Pipeline
$14.10
/month
500 analyses/day, ~2k tokens each

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๐Ÿš€ Quick Start

Get started with LongCat Flash Chat API

OpenAI-compatible SDK
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.provider.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="meituan/longcat-flash-chat",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)