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

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Trust score · Mostly verified

3 data points checked · 2026-09-10

Model stack: VerifiedEntry price: DisputedVersion: VerifiedHow this works →

Current version

5.0-thinking-preview

Entry cost

Pay-as-you-go API pricing based on tokens. Token Plan Personal Edition and some free trials available.

Changes / 30d

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The short answers · verified September 16, 2026

What is the latest version of ERNIE Bot?
The current shipped version of ERNIE Bot is 5.0-thinking-preview, as of September 16, 2026.
How much does ERNIE Bot cost?
ERNIE Bot has no published flat entry price. Pay-as-you-go API pricing based on tokens. Token Plan Personal Edition and some free trials available.
What AI model does ERNIE Bot use?
ERNIE Bot runs primarily on DeepSeek-V3.1.

Source: Baiduyiyan.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

Pricing

  • Token Plan Personal Edition / Pay-as-you-go

    API usage charged per 1,000 tokens. Models range from ¥0.0008 to ¥0.04 per 1k tokens. Free trials available for select components.

    Free

Entry price over time

7/22/2026 · $09/16/2026 · $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.

5

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Version
SN40L
Cost
Free tier available. Paid plans include Developer (Pay-as-you-go) and Enterprise (Subscription-based).
Model
DeepSeek-V3.1

Change history

  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to 5.0-thinking-preview

    ERNIE 5.05.0-thinking-preview

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Fine-tuning / Model training

    146 tracked147 tracked · +Fine-tuning / Model training

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to ERNIE 5.0

    5.0ERNIE 5.0

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Prompt engineering, Model fine-tuning, Model hosting

    143 tracked146 tracked · +Prompt engineering, Model fine-tuning, Model hosting

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to 5.0

    ERNIE 5.05.0

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Agent framework

    142 tracked143 tracked · +Agent framework

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to ERNIE 5.0

    5.0-thinking-previewERNIE 5.0

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Fine-tuning & Model development, Model serving API

    140 tracked142 tracked · +Fine-tuning & Model development, Model serving API

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to 5.0-thinking-preview

    ERNIE 5.0 (Thinking Preview)5.0-thinking-preview

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Tools / Plugins / Skills, Enterprise Access Control, Activity Auditing

    137 tracked140 tracked · +Tools / Plugins / Skills, Enterprise Access Control, Activity Auditing

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to ERNIE 5.0 (Thinking Preview)

    5.0-thinking-previewERNIE 5.0 (Thinking Preview)

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Multi-modal

    136 tracked137 tracked · +Multi-modal

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 119k

    128k119k

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to 5.0-thinking-preview

    ERNIE 5.05.0-thinking-preview

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Workflows, APIs, Vision

    133 tracked136 tracked · +Workflows, APIs, Vision

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 128k

    119k128k

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to ERNIE 5.0

    5.0-thinking-previewERNIE 5.0

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Agent orchestrator, Skill / MCP Integration, Fine-tuning / ModelBuilder

    129 tracked133 tracked · +Agent orchestrator, Skill / MCP Integration, Fine-tuning / ModelBuilder, AppBuilder SDK

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 119k

    128k119k

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to 5.0-thinking-preview

    5.0 (Thinking Preview)5.0-thinking-preview

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Voice conversation, SDK and API access

    127 tracked129 tracked · +Voice conversation, SDK and API access

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 128k

    119k128k

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to 5.0 (Thinking Preview)

    5.05.0 (Thinking Preview)

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Agent编排, 知识库RAG, 多智能体协同

    124 tracked127 tracked · +Agent编排, 知识库RAG, 多智能体协同

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 119k

    128k119k

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to 5.0

    5.0-thinking-preview5.0

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: RAG capabilities, Fine-tuning and customization, Enterprise security and compliance

    120 tracked124 tracked · +RAG capabilities, Fine-tuning and customization, Enterprise security and compliance, Audio real-time conversation SDK

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 128k

    119k128k

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to 5.0-thinking-preview

    5.05.0-thinking-preview

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Multi-agent coordination, Speech interaction, Text generation

    114 tracked120 tracked · +Multi-agent coordination, Speech interaction, Text generation, Visual understanding, Enterprise security, MCP service support

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to 5.0

    5.0-Thinking-Preview5.0

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: ModelBuilder, AppBuilder, DataBuilder

    111 tracked114 tracked · +ModelBuilder, AppBuilder, DataBuilder

    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
  • capability

    Context window now 128k

    119k128k

    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: Multi-Agent Co-ordination

    110 tracked111 tracked · +Multi-Agent Co-ordination

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 119k

    128k119k

    source
  • version

    ERNIE Bot moved to 5.0

    5.0-thinking-preview5.0

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Multi-agent collaboration, Model API endpoints, Skill MCP integration

    106 tracked110 tracked · +Multi-agent collaboration, Model API endpoints, Skill MCP integration, Private deployment options

    source
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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 2026-09-17, 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: 2026-09-17}
}