# Baidu: ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview (free)

- Model id: `baidu/ernie-5.5-flash-preview:free`
- Served by: -
- List price per 1M tokens, input / output, from: -, with 0% platform fee. A request is billed at the list price of the host that served it.
- Context: 1.02M, max output 922K
- Prices read 2026-11-15 09:33 UTC
- Page: https://plaingateway.com/models/baidu/ernie-5.5-flash-preview%3Afree

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview is the latest foundation model in the ERNIE family, with comprehensive improvements in coding, agentic capabilities, knowledge work, and deep research. It has 280 billion total...

## Hosts

| Host | Endpoint | In / out /M | Cache read /M | Context | Served |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baidu | `baidu` | free | - | 1.02M | no |

## First request

```sh
curl https://api.plaingateway.com/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PLAINGATEWAY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "baidu/ernie-5.5-flash-preview:free", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Say hello in five words."}]}'
```

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