Seedream vs Qwen-Image-3 vs Nano Banana (2026)
Head-to-head comparison of Seedream 5.0 Pro, Qwen-Image-3, and Nano Banana on SandBase — quality, speed, cost, editing, and prompt following across real use cases.
SandBase Blog
Insights on AI agents, model routing, and building production-ready AI systems.
Social Data API vs Web Scraping for Agents (2026)
A deep architectural comparison of structured API access vs web scraping for AI agents consuming social media data in 2026. When each wins, what breaks, and how to choose.
Why Sync-Only is the Right Default for Data APIs
An engineering opinion piece on why synchronous-only design is the correct default for data APIs serving AI agents. Trade-off analysis, architecture implications, and when async is actually necessary.
text-embedding-v4: Bilingual Embeddings for CJK
Deep dive into Alibaba's text-embedding-v4 — 8192 token context, CJK+English alignment, code-aware embeddings, architecture analysis, cost math, and real-world RAG scenarios with specific numbers.
Text to Video vs Image to Video AI: When to Use Each
Practical comparison of three video generation modes — text-to-video, image-to-video, and reference-to-video — with cost, quality, and control trade-offs plus code examples.
Build an Ad-Creative Video Agent (Tutorial)
Build a Python agent that generates 5 scored video ad variants in 4 minutes for $1.25 — 160× cheaper than freelancer production. Full code with async polling, LLM scoring, and error handling.
Build a Douyin Competitor Monitor Agent
Step-by-step tutorial: build an agent that tracks competitor Douyin accounts, detects new videos, and generates daily briefings for under $1/month.
Douyin Data API: 310 Endpoints on SandBase
Douyin Data API on SandBase: 310 endpoints for search, creator analytics, video data, hot trends, and influencer marketing via one /v1/run integration.
LLM API Pricing in 2026: The Complete Guide
LLM API cost comparison for 2026: input/output rates, cache tiers, and real cost examples for GPT-4o, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, and more.