Qwen-Plus API pricing
Alibaba · Budget price tier · released 2025-02. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-11-12.
A support ticket workload of 100K requests a month costs $78.00 on Qwen-Plus. Qwen-Plus has held the same list price since 2026-08-15 and is the 100th cheapest of 160 models in the Budget price tier. Only one host, Alibaba, sells it, so there is no second price to shop. No Arena score is published for it, so it carries no Efficiency score and cannot hold the FinOps Friendly badge.
- Input: $0.26 per 1M tokens
- Output: $0.78 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): Not published
- Prompt-cache read: $0.052 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 1M tokens
- Arena ELO: Not published
Market position
On blended price ($0.624 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 38% of models in the Budget price tier: 100th cheapest of 160. Across every price tier it is cheaper than 67% of priced text models in the catalogue: 100th cheapest of 303. No Arena score has been published for Qwen-Plus, so this page does not rank it on quality and OptimNow's quality bars do not apply to it. 77 of the 160 models we list in the Budget price tier carry one. An unranked model is unmeasured, not poor: the benchmark needs votes, and a recent release has not had time to collect them.
Licence, size and capabilities
No licence is recorded for Qwen-Plus, so this page does not say whether it can be self-hosted. Its parameter count is not published. Listed capabilities: Text, Agents. Filling its 1M context window once costs $0.26 in input tokens at list price.
Pricing by host
A host is a company that runs the model and sells it by the token: the model maker, a cloud platform like Amazon Bedrock, Azure or Vertex, or an independent host. One model, several hosts, and often several prices. This model is sold by 1 host. The price we quote elsewhere on this page is marked. We quote one host's rate so that models stay comparable; it is not a recommendation to buy there.
Alibaba is the only host with a published rate, $0.26 input / $0.78 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| Alibaba (model maker, price we quote) | $0.26 | $0.78 |
List prices as published on 2026-11-12, via OpenRouter. Negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown.
Monthly cost at 100K requests, by business use case
From the after-discounts figure (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads, only where Alibaba publishes those rates), which assumes you implement both, to the list price. One figure means no discount is published.
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Monthly (after discounts – list) |
|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $60 – $78 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $87 – $114 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $334 – $354 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $196 – $205 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $205 – $234 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $77 – $86 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $103 – $107 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $308 – $390 |
Price history
Qwen-Plus has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.26 input / $0.78 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
Alternatives to Qwen-Plus
Qwen-Plus carries no Arena score, so this page cannot place it against models of comparable quality. The alternatives below are its nearest neighbours on price in the Budget price tier.
- Next cheaper model in the Budget price tier: Mi:dm K 3.0 Pro (kt) at $0.62 blended, 1% less.
- Next more expensive: Gemma 2 27B (Google) at $0.65 blended, 4% more.
Other models from Alibaba
The 8 nearest to Qwen-Plus in price, of 39 other Alibaba models in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct: $0.15 / $0.60
- Qwen3 Coder Next: $0.12 / $0.80
- Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct: $0.25 / $0.75
- Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507: $0.14 / $0.80
- Qwen3.6 35B A3B: $0.10 / $0.90
- Qwen3 Coder Flash: $0.195 / $0.975
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B: $0.14 / $1.00
- Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking: $0.29 / $1.00
All 40 Alibaba models and prices
Common questions about Qwen-Plus pricing
- How much does Qwen-Plus cost?
- Qwen-Plus costs $0.26 per 1M input tokens and $0.78 per 1M output tokens. That is the model maker's own rate (Alibaba). Prices as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Which host is cheapest for Qwen-Plus?
- Alibaba is the only host with a published rate, $0.26 input / $0.78 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote. Host rates as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Does Qwen-Plus offer batch or cached pricing?
- Yes, for prompt caching only. Cache reads cost $0.052 per 1M tokens, as listed on 2026-11-12. No batch pricing is published.
- What would Qwen-Plus cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $78 on Qwen-Plus at the list price quoted on 2026-11-12.
- Can Qwen-Plus be self-hosted?
- No licence is recorded for Qwen-Plus, so this page does not say whether it can be self-hosted.
- Has the price of Qwen-Plus changed?
- Qwen-Plus has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.26 input / $0.78 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
It publishes a prompt-cache rate, which is the discount most often left out of a budget: what prompt caching saves.
These are list prices. Your real cost also depends on caching and batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and the contracts you already have. OptimNow audits exactly that.
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