Nano AI (纳米AI, formerly 360 AI Search) vs Doubao 豆包 (ByteDance)
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Nano AI (纳米AI, formerly 360 AI Search)
Qihoo 360's AI search turned multi-agent app, now branded 纳米AI
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Doubao 豆包 (ByteDance)
ByteDance's China-first AI assistant, free for daily use with paid pow...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 5.3 / 10 | 6.4 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Free AI search, agents and model chat; VIP adds monthly 纳米 credits for image/video generation, 1080p video and unlimited file analysis | Free consumer app: chat, search, writing, image generation and voice and video calls; expert and Office Task modes carry smaller quotas than paid tiers |
| Paid from | VIP from ¥49/mo (China App Store), US$6.99/mo in the US store | ¥68/month (专业版 Standard, or ¥688/year); API from $0.075 per M input tokens on BytePlus |
| Has API | ✗ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | Surpassed 100 million daily active users by late 2025 |
| Founded | 2024 | 2023 |
| Maker | Qihoo 360 | ByteDance |
| Verdict | Nano AI is Qihoo 360's former 360 AI Search, now a Chinese-language search-and-agent app that answers questions from the web and can build reports, slide decks, images and short videos, with about sixteen domestic models... |
Doubao is the default AI assistant for Chinese-language users: QuestMobile puts it far ahead of Qwen and DeepSeek, everyday features are free, and the June 2026 Professional tiers (¥68 to ¥500 a month) add an agent mode... |
| Full review → | Full review → |
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