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Baidu's assistant (Wenxin Yiyan), backed by the ERNIE model line and integrated into Baidu Search.

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3 data points checked · 2026-11-07

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Current version

5.0

Entry cost

Free tier or trial tokens available for partners/invites. Pay-as-you-go API pricing listed per 1,000 tokens.

Changes / 30d

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The short answers · verified November 7, 2026

What is the latest version of ERNIE Bot?
The current shipped version of ERNIE Bot is 5.0, as of November 7, 2026.
How much does ERNIE Bot cost?
ERNIE Bot has no published flat entry price. Free tier or trial tokens available for partners/invites. Pay-as-you-go API pricing listed per 1,000 tokens.
What AI model does ERNIE Bot use?
ERNIE Bot runs primarily on DeepSeek-V3.1.

Source: Baidu — yiyan.baidu.com · Reusable under CC BY 4.0 — cite Tomorrow

Capabilities

  • Multimodal input
  • Search integration
  • Digital humans
  • Enterprise Qianfan platform
  • Multi-Agent
  • RAG
  • Multimodal
  • OCR
  • Text Generation
  • Code Generation
  • Logical Reasoning
  • Translation
  • Multi-Agent Orchestration
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • Multimodal Support
  • Workflow Automation
  • Autonomous Planning
  • Developer SDKs
  • Custom Security Policies
  • Deep Reasoning
  • RAG / Knowledge Base
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP)
  • Document Parsing (OCR)
  • Real-time Voice Conversation
  • Baidu Search Integration
  • Fine-grained Access Control
  • Agent Development
  • Multi-Agent Collaboration
  • Model API
  • Visual Understanding
  • Fine-tuning
  • Custom Skills
  • Security Auditing
  • Agent Application Platform
  • API Access
  • Enterprise Security and Auditing
  • OCR Document Parsing
  • Baidu Search Skill Integration
  • SDK Support
  • Agent Application Development
  • RAG Knowledge Base
  • Model Training/Fine-tuning
  • Agent Builder
  • Workflow Agent
  • SDKs
  • Image Understanding
  • Skill MCP
  • Agent development
  • Multi-agent orchestration
  • RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
  • API access
  • Model training & fine-tuning
  • Private deployment
  • Agent Multi-Agent协同
  • RAG知识库
  • 深度推理
  • 视觉理解
  • 文本生成
  • MCP服务
  • 多语言SDK
  • Multimodal Image Understanding
  • Fine-tuning / Model Customization
  • MCP (Model Context Protocol) Support
  • Agent
  • Voice Interaction
  • API
  • Agent orchestration
  • Multi-Agent coordination
  • RAG (Knowledge base)
  • Model APIs
  • MCP services
  • AppBuilder-SDK
  • System monitoring
  • Security scanning
  • MoE
  • SDK
  • Model Hosting
  • Multi-Agent orchestration
  • Multimodal support
  • Workflow
  • Multi-Agent collaboration
  • Workflow planning
  • Fine-tuning / Model hosting
  • Voice interaction
  • Model API access
  • Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
  • Multimodal understanding
  • Speech real-time interaction
  • Document parsing (OCR)
  • Agent开发
  • 多模态理解
  • API接入
  • 实时语音交互
  • Model Tuning
  • Search Integration
  • Private Deployment
  • Image understanding
  • MCP
  • Agent application platform
  • Enterprise security & auditing
  • Voice Conversation
  • Model Sandbox
  • Agent application development
  • MCP Services
  • Multimodal (Image Understanding)
  • Fine-tuning / Model Builder
  • Multi-agent collaboration
  • Model API endpoints
  • Skill MCP integration
  • Private deployment options
  • Multi-Agent Co-ordination
  • ModelBuilder
  • AppBuilder
  • DataBuilder
  • Multi-agent coordination
  • Speech interaction
  • Text generation
  • Visual understanding
  • Enterprise security
  • MCP service support
  • RAG capabilities
  • Fine-tuning and customization
  • Enterprise security and compliance
  • Audio real-time conversation SDK
  • Agent编排
  • 知识库RAG
  • 多智能体协同
  • Voice conversation
  • SDK and API access
  • Agent orchestrator
  • Skill / MCP Integration
  • Fine-tuning / ModelBuilder
  • AppBuilder SDK
  • Workflows
  • APIs
  • Vision
  • Multi-modal
  • Tools / Plugins / Skills
  • Enterprise Access Control
  • Activity Auditing
  • Fine-tuning & Model development
  • Model serving API
  • Agent framework
  • Prompt engineering
  • Model fine-tuning
  • Model hosting
  • Fine-tuning / Model training
  • Security Scanning
  • Enterprise Security
  • Text-to-Image
  • Model Training / Finetuning
  • Agent SDK
  • Multi-Agent Coordination
  • Model Playground
  • Enterprise Observability
  • Finishing Tools & SDKs
  • Deep Inference
  • Speech Dialogue
  • Agent Framework
  • Multimodal Understanding
  • RAG knowledge base
  • Model training and tuning
  • Agent Build
  • Tool Call
  • Security Scan
  • Agent应用开发
  • 私有化部署
  • Model Training
  • Tool Use
  • Enterprise-grade
  • Model Service
  • Knowledge Base RAG
  • Deep reasoning
  • Model customisation
  • Tool Calling
  • Vision Understanding
  • AI Search
  • Speech Interaction
  • Enterprise APIs
  • Skill/MCP services
  • Real-time voice conversation
  • Search tool integration
  • Multimodal comprehension
  • Model fine-tuning / development
  • Fine-Tuning
  • Voice Dialog
  • JSON Output
  • TTS
  • STT

Pricing

  • Pay-as-you-go / Trial / Token Plan

    Pricing based on model tokens (e.g. ernie-4.5-turbo-128k at ¥0.0008/1k input, ¥0.0032/1k output)

    Free

Entry price over time

7/22/2026 · $011/7/2026 · $0

Geek mode

Models under the hood

  • DeepSeek-V3.1

    DeepSeek

    disclosed
  • ERNIE 4.5 (open weights)

    Baidu

    disclosed
  • ERNIE 4.5 Turbo

    Baidu

    disclosed
  • ERNIE 4.5 Turbo VL

    Baidu

    disclosed
  • ERNIE 4.5 VL 28B A3B

    Baidu

    disclosed
  • ERNIE 5.0

    Baidu

    disclosed
  • ERNIE X1.1 Preview

    Baidu

    disclosed
  • ernie-4.5-turbo-128k

    Baidu

    disclosed
  • ERNIE-5.0-Thinking-Preview

    Baidu

    disclosed

Context window

119k

Public API

yes

Multi-model routing

yes

Stack signals

  • RAG
  • Agent

Shared model stack

Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.

green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unattributed. Aliases are folded into one model; provider concentration counts only models with an established vendor.

Reported scale

Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.

No public usage figure on record for this product.

Public market scorecard

Baidu investor relations

Baidu trades as NASDAQ: BIDU. Figures below are as reported for Q2 2026 on Aug 5, 2026; market levels are the close on Aug 6, 2026 and are a reference marker, not a live quote.

Q2 2026 revenue

~¥34B

flat YoY

Apollo Go rides
millions cumulative
company stated
AI cloud
double-digit growth

Market reference

Share price~$100
12-month change+15%
Market cap~$35B
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Elsewhere on the same models

Products in other segments that name one of ERNIE Bot's models in their stack.

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Free tier available, pay-as-you-go developer tier, and subscription-based Enterprise plan.
Model
DeepSeek-V3.1

Change history

  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to 5.0

    ERNIE 5.0 (ernie-5.0)5.0

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to ERNIE 5.0 (ernie-5.0)

    5.0ERNIE 5.0 (ernie-5.0)

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: TTS, STT

    187 tracked189 tracked · +TTS, STT

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to 5.0

    5.0-thinking-preview5.0

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 119k

    128k119k

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to 5.0-thinking-preview

    ERNIE 5.0 (ernie-5.0-thinking-preview)5.0-thinking-preview

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to ERNIE 5.0 (ernie-5.0-thinking-preview)

    5.0ERNIE 5.0 (ernie-5.0-thinking-preview)

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: JSON Output

    186 tracked187 tracked · +JSON Output

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to 5.0

    ERNIE 5.05.0

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Voice Dialog

    185 tracked186 tracked · +Voice Dialog

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to ERNIE 5.0

    ERNIE 5.0 (ernie-5.0-thinking-preview)ERNIE 5.0

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to ERNIE 5.0 (ernie-5.0-thinking-preview)

    5.0-thinking-previewERNIE 5.0 (ernie-5.0-thinking-preview)

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to 5.0-thinking-preview

    5.05.0-thinking-preview

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Fine-Tuning

    184 tracked185 tracked · +Fine-Tuning

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to 5.0

    5.0-thinking-preview5.0

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to 5.0-thinking-preview

    ERNIE-5.05.0-thinking-preview

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Search tool integration, Multimodal comprehension, Model fine-tuning / development

    181 tracked184 tracked · +Search tool integration, Multimodal comprehension, Model fine-tuning / development

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 128k

    119k128k

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to ERNIE-5.0

    5.0ERNIE-5.0

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Enterprise APIs, Skill/MCP services, Real-time voice conversation

    178 tracked181 tracked · +Enterprise APIs, Skill/MCP services, Real-time voice conversation

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to 5.0

    5.0 (ERNIE)5.0

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to 5.0 (ERNIE)

    ERNIE 5.05.0 (ERNIE)

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: AI Search, Speech Interaction

    176 tracked178 tracked · +AI Search, Speech Interaction

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $0.00014/mo

    $0$0.00014

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Tool Calling, Vision Understanding

    174 tracked176 tracked · +Tool Calling, Vision Understanding

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to ERNIE 5.0

    ERNIE 5.0 (Thinking Preview)ERNIE 5.0

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to ERNIE 5.0 (Thinking Preview)

    ERNIE 5.0 (ernie-5.0-thinking-preview)ERNIE 5.0 (Thinking Preview)

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Deep reasoning, Model customisation

    172 tracked174 tracked · +Deep reasoning, Model customisation

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to ERNIE 5.0 (ernie-5.0-thinking-preview)

    5.0ERNIE 5.0 (ernie-5.0-thinking-preview)

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Knowledge Base RAG

    171 tracked172 tracked · +Knowledge Base RAG

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Model Service

    170 tracked171 tracked · +Model Service

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to 5.0

    ERNIE 5.0 (Thinking Preview)5.0

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 119k

    128k119k

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to ERNIE 5.0 (Thinking Preview)

    5.0ERNIE 5.0 (Thinking Preview)

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 128k

    119k128k

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to 5.0

    ERNIE 5.0 (ernie-5.0-thinking-preview)5.0

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Enterprise-grade

    169 tracked170 tracked · +Enterprise-grade

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to ERNIE 5.0 (ernie-5.0-thinking-preview)

    5.0ERNIE 5.0 (ernie-5.0-thinking-preview)

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Tool Use

    168 tracked169 tracked · +Tool Use

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to 5.0

    5.0 (Thinking Preview)5.0

    source
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How to cite this page

Free to cite and reuse under CC BY 4.0. Permalink: https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/ernie-bot

APA
Tomorrow. (2026). ERNIE Bot — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-11-08, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/ernie-bot
BibTeX
@misc{tomorrow-tools-ernie-bot,
  author       = {{Tomorrow}},
  title        = {ERNIE Bot — version, pricing and model stack},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {AlienSquad},
  howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/ernie-bot}},
  note         = {Accessed: 2026-11-08}
}