monkeyapi.apimonkey.online

Overview

MonkeyAPI (monkeyapi.apimonkey.online) is an anonymous personal relay built on New API (one-api family) that aggregates large models such as Gemini and bills via a credit system, drawing users with signup/check-in/referral bonuses. Recent announcements self-admit upstream and payment channels being banned and a forced site migration, while it actively shrinks free credits, indicating highly unstable operation.

Free quota

Unknown / shrinking: an announcement states 'to control costs we are first lowering referral and signup credits; after migrating to a new site we will add check-in credits but with check-in limits.' Signup/referral/check-in bonuses are all being reduced; sustained use requires paid top-up packages (e.g., 10 RMB for 1700 credits).

Free models

Pros

• OpenAI-compatible API; aggregates large models like Gemini 2.5 Pro / Gemini 3 series
• Offers signup/check-in/referral bonus credits, so some free trial usage is possible

Cons

• Fully anonymous operation, no company entity, reachable only via a Xianyu (flea-market) seller and chat groups
• Announcement self-admits 'Xianyu got flagged again, need to wait ten days'; upstream and payment channels are repeatedly banned
• Model names are deliberately obfuscated ('Monkey-xm-gemini-2.5pro', 'Mandrill-gemini-3-pro'); real upstream is opaque, suggesting stolen or resold upstream keys
• Announcement says it is lowering signup/referral/check-in credits and migrating sites, so the free tier can shrink or vanish anytime
• Top-ups arranged privately via group; high exit-scam / fund-loss risk, not for large deposits
• No privacy policy or data-compliance statement

Risk flags

• Anonymous individual operation, no company entity, reachable only via Xianyu and chat groups
• Self-admitted repeated bans of upstream/payment channels ('Xianyu got flagged again, need ten days')
• Deliberately obfuscated model names (Monkey-/Mandrill-/Primate groups); opaque upstream, suspected stolen or resold upstream API keys
• Actively shrinking signup/referral/check-in free credits and announcing a site migration; unstable free tier
• Top-ups arranged privately via chat group; high exit-scam / fund-loss risk
• No privacy policy or data-compliance statement; request data may be recorded

Community reputation

No independent reviews of this specific site were found; only generic relay-category warnings (can disappear anytime, avoid large deposits, prefer company-run sites). Combined with the site's own announcements (upstream bans, site migration, shrinking free credits, obfuscated model names), it reads as a textbook high-risk anonymous personal discount relay. Information is thin, so the score is conservative.

Recommendation

Use only for a one-off trial; never make large deposits or use it for production or sensitive data. Operation is anonymous, upstream appears stolen, and it is already cutting free credits and preparing to migrate, so exit-scam risk is high. For stable free quota, prefer company-run or first-party vendor free tiers.

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Sources

• 猴子 API /api/status 公告(探测)
• 猴子 API /api/pricing(探测)
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• API 中转站到底靠不靠谱？避坑指南 - 知乎
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