Citable data, definitions and contact
Sinan Lab is an independent third-party measurer of AI infrastructure. This page is for journalists, analysts, research institutions and financial institutions: which data can be cited directly, how to cite it, what we can provide, and what we do not do.
Public data you can cite directly (updated daily)
| Data | Notes | Page / file |
|---|---|---|
| Sinan Token Price Index | Market median effective price per million tokens in the Chinese relay market, discount ratio vs official price, chained index level; split into flagship / mid-tier / fast-tier | /price-index · JSON · Badge |
| Rankings | Weekly issue of 12 measurement rankings, permalink /rank/ | /rank · JSON |
| Monthly report | Market size, structure, price, uptime, testing, multimodal, compute cost | /report |
| Model Ledger | Effective price and ratio for every mainstream model on every relay site, with crawl snapshots | / · data_v2.json |
| Image · Video Ledger | Per-second / per-image effective price and official reference | /media · media.json |
| GPU rental ledger | Hourly per-card price of mainstream GPUs on public platforms | /gpu · gpu.json |
Citation format
Chinese: 司南实验室，《Page title》，date，URL. English: Sinan Lab, "Title", date, URL. Every data page has copyable citation text at the bottom. When republishing charts, keep "Data: Sinan Lab compute.sinanlab.com".
What we can provide
- Recomputed by your definition: price and uptime statistics for a specified set of models, time window, or set of sites
- Historical series: the validity window of every quote can be rebuilt day by day (public files keep only 7 days; sign in for the full set)
- Method check: the crawl snapshot ID behind every number can be provided with its original text
- Market price reference for token procurement, token lending and similar scenarios: custom notes benchmarked to the Token Price Index
What we do not do:No paid listing, paid verification or paid ranking from any measured channel; no "which one to pick" conclusions; no sale of user data.
Contact and assets
Email hello@sinanlab.com(media and research requests answered within 48 hours). Logo files:Horizontal badge PNG; usage guidelines on the main site About。
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