Alibaba Qwen · AI model API pricing
How much does Qwen-Plus cost?
Alibaba's balanced tier — matches MiniMax M3 on output and undercuts every Western mid-tier model.
Rate card
| Input tokens | $0.40 / 1M |
| Output tokens | $1.2 / 1M |
| Context window | — |
What that means per month
| Workload | Tokens / month | Cost / month |
|---|---|---|
| Prototype | 1M in · 0.3M out | $0.76/mo |
| Small app | 10M in · 3M out | $7.60/mo |
| Production app | 50M in · 15M out | $38/mo |
| High volume | 200M in · 60M out | $152/mo |
| Heavy platform | 1B in · 300M out | $760/mo |
Standard on-demand rates from Alibaba Qwen's official Model Studio pricing, last checked 2026-07-17. Rates shown are for prompts ≤256k tokens; from 256k to 1M, input is $1.20 and output $3.60 per 1M. Monthly figures exclude caching and batch discounts. Confirm live pricing before committing.
Cheaper alternatives
At a reference workload of 10M input / 3M output tokens a month, these cost less than Qwen-Plus ($7.60/mo):
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Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite $7/mo -
DeepSeek V4 Pro $6.96/mo -
MiniMax M3 $6.60/mo