TypeTime-limited7Free Tier123New User28Free Only7
AccessAPI57Desktop37CLI22Web87App21
TagCoding29Agents30Work26Chat30Image31Video24Audio23Search16Embedded3Platforms21OCR4Scraping6Document Parsing6TTS8Compute2

Zhihu Open Data Platform

· Verified 2026-11-01
Provider
Zhihu
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An AI data and developer API platform officially provided by Zhihu, offering Zhihu content search, direct answer, knowledge base, and other capabilities for AI applications and Agents, with access via CLI, MCP, Skill, and other methods.

Free Tier

  • Quota
    10 calls/day (5000 calls/day after real-name auth, shared quota pool).
    Cycle
    Daily
    Free quota: 10 calls/day; after real-name authentication, upgraded to 5000 calls/day. Search, direct answer, knowledge base, and other APIs and page tests share the same quota pool.

Providers offering this model

  • Zhihu10 calls/day (5000 calls/day after real-name auth, shared quota pool).

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