SEA-LION API

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AI Singapore's hosted API for its SEA-LION models, which are tuned for Southeast Asian languages. You sign in to the SEA-LION Playground with Google and create one "Trial API Key". The docs list no price for the key.

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Overview

Provider Type

API

API Endpoint

https://api.sea-lion.ai/v1

Free Tier Highlights

10 requests/minute per user (increase on request: [email protected])

Why Choose SEA-LION API?

SEA-LION API stands out for its unique features and capabilities. With a developer-friendly API and comprehensive documentation, you can integrate AI capabilities into your applications within minutes.

Quick Start Guide

1

Sign in at playground.sea-lion.ai with Google

2

open API Key Manager and click "Create New Trial API Key"

3

point an OpenAI SDK at https://api.sea-lion.ai/v1

Available Models

Model Name ID Context Capabilities
Qwen SEA-LION v4.5 27B Instruct Free
aisingapore/Qwen-SEA-LION-v4.5-27B-IT
262 000 Context
-
Llama SEA-LION v3.5 70B Reasoning Free
aisingapore/Llama-SEA-LION-v3.5-70B-R
128 000 Context
-
SEA-Guard (safety) Free
aisingapore/SEA-Guard
- -
SEA-LION Embedding 600M Free
aisingapore/SEA-LION-ModernBERT-Embedding-600M
8 000 Context
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Integration Examples

Ready-to-use code snippets for your applications.

main.py
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_SEA_LION_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.sea-lion.ai/v1"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="aisingapore/Qwen-SEA-LION-v4.5-27B-IT",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Give me three tips for writing clean code."}
    ]
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Free Tier Pricing & Limits

Rate Limit

Requests per minute

10 requests/minute per user (increase on request: [email protected])

Daily Quota

Requests per day

Not published

Use Cases

Chatbots and translation for Southeast Asian languages

multilingual RAG with the SEA-LION embedding model

Limitations & Considerations

10 RPM per user

one key per user, and it cannot be viewed again after creation

trial key, so terms may change

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