{"name":"Hunyuan API","tagline":"Tencent Cloud TokenHub API for Hunyuan Hy3, image, video and 3D models (now Tencent Hy).","url":"https://cloud.tencent.com/product/hunyuan","category":"models-api","pricing":"paid","price_note":"Hy3 ~$0.14/$0.56 per 1M tokens (256K context) on TokenHub; Hunyuan 3D from ~1.8 yuan (~$0.27)/generation on TokenHub; older TurboS/T1 and HY2.0 lines retired June 2026","free_tier":true,"open_source":false,"api":true,"self_host":false,"model_routing":"locked","verdict":"situational","verdict_text":"Hy3 is the current Hunyuan API flagship: cheap, Apache 2.0 open weights, and sold through Tencent TokenHub. TurboS, T1 and the older HY2.0 line were retired in June 2026. Access expanded globally in August 2026 (WorkBuddy, Miora, TokenHub), though real-name verification is still required and some legacy endpoints remain geo-blocked; third-party routers remain common.","limitations":["The hosted API is proprietary; Hy3 weights are released under Apache 2.0 and can be run separately.","New Hunyuan API capabilities are on TokenHub; the old 混元大模型 platform stops new purchases and shuts down 2026-09-30.","TurboS, T1 and the older HY2.0 models were retired in June 2026; do not build new integrations on them.","Access outside China is difficult; real-name verification is required and some endpoints are geo-blocked in the EU/UK/South Korea.","Text, image, video and 3D billing are split across separate TokenHub model endpoints."],"strengths":["Hy3 is cheap on TokenHub with a 256K context window.","Apache 2.0 open weights let you run Hy3 outside the hosted API.","Text, image, video and 3D models are available through one provider."],"use_for":["Cost-sensitive Chinese API access for text and multimodal generation.","Bulk asset generation when you accept ByteDance's trust boundary on BytePlus."],"skip_when":["You need clean USD rate cards or straightforward Western signup.","EU/UK/South Korea geo-blocking is a blocker for your users.","You want to keep building on the retired TurboS/T1/HY2.0 lines."],"receipts":["https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/1729/97731","https://cloud.tencent.com/developer/article/2674909","https://www.atlascloud.ai/providers/tencent","https://www.apiuspro.cn/tutorial/tencent"],"affiliate":"none","evidence_tier":"source-verified","momentum":"blueshift","featured":false,"last_verified":"2026-08-24","observed_by":"whysanesanders","slug":"hunyuan-api","canonical_url":"https://noemium.com/tools/hunyuan-api/","attribution":"Noemium catalog data is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). See https://noemium.com/method/ for how entries are verified."}