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Step 5 Preview

by StepfunReleased 8 October 2026

Step 5 Preview reads text, pictures and video and writes text, keeping about 1,000 pages in mind at once. StepFun calls it its flagship for long tasks: it does well at building software and at expert office work, finance above all, across big codebases and document sets, where it uses tools and refines its result step by step.

TakesTextImagesVideo
GivesText

What it costs

You pay for what each request uses. No subscription, no minimum.

≈ 0,78 DA per message3 000 DA buys about 3 800 messages

One message, the ordinary use

1 000 tokens sent× 332,84 DA per 1M0,33 DA
500 tokens back× 898,66 DA per 1M0,45 DA
Total≈ 0,78 DA

Every rate

Meter↑ you send↓ comes back
Text tokens332,84 DA898,66 DA
Cached tokens read33,28 DA

per 1M tokens

Draft a structured contract review in JSON from a scanned document set≈ 35,35 DA
Run an agent session that searches files, edits code and verifies the build≈ 37,94 DA
Summarise a two-hour meeting video transcript with key decisions and owners≈ 43,54 DA
Answer deep questions across a full book, citing chapters in the reply≈ 71,06 DA
Refactor a large legacy codebase by feeding in the whole repository at once≈ 295,03 DA
When you pay
After the answer, from your balance. Nothing is held.
Why it varies
A longer question or a longer answer costs more.
After each one
The exact charge shows on the request.
DepositDeposits from 50 DA, with Edahabia or CIB.

Where your request runs

Three companies run this model. OpenDunes sends each request to one of them, picked by price and speed. If it fails, the next one takes it. DA per 1M tokens: ↑ what you send · ↓ what comes back.

GMICloudUnited States…
↑ Sent, per 1M
332,84 DA
↓ Back, per 1M
898,66 DA
Cache read
33,28 DA
Latency
…
Throughput
…
FeatherlessUnited States…
↑ Sent, per 1M
332,84 DA
↓ Back, per 1M
898,66 DA
Cache read
33,28 DA
Latency
…
Throughput
…
StepFun…
↑ Sent, per 1M
332,84 DA
↓ Back, per 1M
898,66 DA
Cache read
33,28 DA
Latency
…
Throughput
…
Provider↑ Sent↓ BackCache readLatencyThroughputUptime
GMICloudUnited States332,84 DA898,66 DA33,28 DA………
FeatherlessUnited States332,84 DA898,66 DA33,28 DA………
StepFun332,84 DA898,66 DA33,28 DA………

You pay the price of the provider that served your request. Prices read 14:58 · speed over the last 30 minutes · uptime over 3 days.

See it in action

Real requests, real replies. Try any of them yourself — one click, pre-filled.

Understands images
You send

What's the total on this invoice, and when is it due?

invoice-scan.jpg · photo
It replied

The total is 42 300,00 DA, due 5 September 2026. Worth a double-check: the handwritten day could read as 8 instead of 3.

Try in Chat Lab
Structured output
You send

Turn this customer email into JSON with intent, urgency and order_id.

customer-email.txt
It replied

{ "intent": "refund", "urgency": "high", "order_id": "OD-58421" }

Try in Chat Lab

Try your own request — same model, pre-selected.

Open Chat Lab

Call it in code

Swap the base URL and the key. Your OpenAI code runs unchanged.

POST /v1/chat/completions
Base URL
https://opendunes.com/v1
Model ID
stepfun/step-5-preview
import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://opendunes.com/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["OPENDUNES_API_KEY"],
)

resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="stepfun/step-5-preview",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Two lines to welcome a shop in Oran."}],
)

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

Runs this request once on your balance.

Parameters you can send

Standard OpenAI fields, grouped by what they control. Anything not listed is accepted and ignored.

Shaping the reply

How long, how varied, where to stop.

max_tokenstemperaturetop_ptop_kmin_pstopseedfrequency_penaltypresence_penaltyrepetition_penaltylogprobstop_logprobs

Reasoning

Let it think before answering — and see the thinking.

reasoningreasoning_effortinclude_reasoning

Structured output

Get JSON you can parse instead of prose.

response_formatstructured_outputs

Tools

Let the model call your functions.

toolstool_choice

Questions about Step 5 Preview

  • How much does Step 5 Preview cost in dinars?

    About 0,78 DA per message. ↑ 332,84 DA · ↓ 898,66 DA per 1M tokens.

  • Is Step 5 Preview free? Can I try it?

    No. You pay per use from your balance, with no subscription. Try it in Chat at the same price.

  • What is Step 5 Preview best for?

    Step 5 Preview reads text, pictures and video and writes text, keeping about 1,000 pages in mind at once. StepFun calls it its flagship for long tasks: it does well at building software and at expert office work, finance above all, across big codebases and document sets, where it uses tools and refines its result step by step.

  • How do I pay for Step 5 Preview without an international card?

    Deposit dinars with your Edahabia or CIB card. Every model, Step 5 Preview included, is paid from that balance. No foreign card, no conversion.

  • Does Step 5 Preview work in Arabic, French or Darja?

    Stepfun names no languages for Step 5 Preview. Arabic, French and Darja: not stated.

  • Can it read PDFs, images or a whole book?

    It reads text, images and video. Up to 1M tokens in one request, about 1 000 pages. It writes up to 48 000 words at once.

  • Is Step 5 Preview open source?

    Yes, its weights are public. Open weights on Hugging Face

  • Who makes Step 5 Preview, and when was it released?

    Stepfun. Released 8 October 2026.

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