Chinese alternatives to Claude
4 China-built AI assistant (Anthropic) options.
DeepSeek 深度求索
alternative to OpenAI GPT / Claude
Open-weight foundation and reasoning models (V3 / R1 series).
AI & open Private Open source
#1 open weights MIT 128K ctx
Kimi 月之暗面
alternative to Claude / GPT
Long-context models and chat assistant from Moonshot AI.
AI & open Private Open source
#3 open weights Modified MIT 256K ctx
GLM (Z.ai) 智谱
alternative to GPT / Claude
Zhipu's GLM model family; open-weight and API.
AI & open HK-listed Open source
Foreign-investable
#4 open weights MIT 128K ctx
MiniMax 稀宇科技
alternative to GPT / Claude
Foundation and multimodal models; open-weight and API.
AI & open HK-listed Open source
Foreign-investable
#5 open weights Apache 2.0 1M ctx