One agent session
1M input tokens and 100K output tokens, no caching.
- Input1M x $0.40 = $0.40
- Output0.1M x $1.20 = $0.12
$0.52per session
Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) - Closed weights
Qwen-Plus pricing and specs
Qwen-Plus is a closed-weights model from Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) that costs $0.40 per 1M input tokens and $1.20 per 1M output tokens on the first-party API, with a 1M-token context window.
Last verified from alibabacloud.com. All sources
- Input / 1M
- $0.40
- Output / 1M
- $1.20
- Context
- 1M tokens
- Weights
- Closed
Pricing per 1M tokens
| Item | Price / 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| InputPrompts up to 256,000 tokens | $0.40 |
| OutputPrompts up to 256,000 tokens | $1.20 |
| Cache readPrompts up to 256,000 tokens | $0.04 |
| Cache write (5 minutes)Prompts up to 256,000 tokens | $0.50 |
| Batch inputBatch requests, prompts up to 256,000 tokens | $0.20 |
| Batch outputBatch requests, prompts up to 256,000 tokens | $0.60 |
| Long-context inputPrompts over 256,000 tokens | $1.20 |
| Long-context outputPrompts over 256,000 tokens | $3.60 |
Note: International (Singapore) list prices. Previous-generation hybrid model. output is the non-thinking price; thinking-mode output is $4 per 1M up to 256K and $12 above 256K (batch thinking output is $2). Above 256K input tokens per request the whole request is billed at $1.2 input / $3.6 non-thinking output. cache read/cache write are explicit-cache read and creation for the up-to-256K tier; implicit cache hits are $0.08. Batch prices from the console. The release date is left blank because the alias tracks dated snapshots (it currently points to qwen-plus-2025-12-01, released 2025-12-01 per the release notes). The console states context 1M and max output 32K; recorded as 1,000,000 and 32,768.
Specs
- Context window
- 1,000,000 tokens
- Max output
- 32,768 tokens
- Provider
- Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)
- API model id
qwen-plus- Weights
- Closed weights
What Qwen-Plus costs in practice
Worked from the standard list rates above, with the math shown so you can swap in your own token counts. These use the base rates, which apply while each request's prompt stays at or under 256,000 tokens; above that, Qwen-Plus bills $1.20 input and $3.60 output for the whole request.
A chat app
10,000 requests a day at 2K input and 500 output tokens each.
- Input20M x $0.40 = $8.00
- Output5M x $1.20 = $6.00
$14.00per day
$420.00 per 30-day month
The same session at a 90% cache hit
90% of the input is read from the prompt cache. The one-time cache write premium is not included.
- Cached input0.9M x $0.04 = $0.036
- Uncached input0.1M x $0.40 = $0.04
- Output0.1M x $1.20 = $0.12
$0.196per session
Compare with
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|
| Qwen-Plus (this page) | $0.40 | $1.20 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek | $0.30 | $1.20 |
| GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI | $0.20 | $1.20 |
| MiniMax-M2.5MiniMax | $0.30 | $1.20 |
| MiniMax-M2.7MiniMax | $0.30 | $1.20 |
| Qwen3-Coder-FlashAlibaba Cloud (Qwen) | $0.30 | $1.50 |
| Qwen3.6-FlashAlibaba Cloud (Qwen) | $0.25 | $1.50 |
| Qwen3-VL-PlusAlibaba Cloud (Qwen) | $0.20 | $1.60 |
| Qwen3.7-PlusAlibaba Cloud (Qwen) | $0.40 | $1.60 |
| Qwen-MT-FlashAlibaba Cloud (Qwen) | $0.16 | $0.49 |
| Qwen3.8-FlashAlibaba Cloud (Qwen) | $0.15 | $0.47 |
Related reading
- ChatGPT Free vs Go vs Plus After GPT-6: Which Model You GetFree and Go ($8) both get GPT-6 Luna in Chat. Plus ($20) is the cheapest plan with GPT-6 Sol and full Codex. What each ChatGPT plan buys now.
- ChatGPT Plus vs Claude Pro for Developers (October 2026)Both cost $20 a month. Plus meters Codex apart from chat and includes GPT-6 Astra; Claude Pro shares one pool with Claude Code. Which to pick.
- Copilot Pro+ Premium Requests Explained in 2026: What Teams Miss in Pricing ComparisonsCopilot Pro vs Pro+ comes down to premium request burn, not sticker price. How requests and the June 2026 move to AI Credits work, and how to avoid surprises.
- Run Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on a Gaming PC With StrataRun Qwen3.8-Flash-Next locally with Strata on a 12 GB GPU: hardware needs, speeds by quant, the license catch, and when the hosted API is the better call.
- Terminal-Universe Turns Agent Traces Into Training EnvironmentsTerminal-Universe, Qwen's paper on rebuilding terminal-agent trajectories into reusable environments, and why agent teams should keep replayable workspaces.
- Qwen3.8-27B vs Opus 4.6 Max: Local Agentic Coding BenchmarksQwen3.8-27B is a 27B dense Apache-2.0 model that beats Opus 4.6 Max on SWE-bench Pro (61.7 vs 53.4). Benchmarks, hardware, cost and when to run it.
FAQ
How much does Qwen-Plus cost per million tokens?
Qwen-Plus costs $0.40 per 1M input tokens and $1.20 per 1M output tokens on Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)'s first-party API, per alibabacloud.com on October 17, 2026. Per 1M tokens, cache reads cost $0.04, and the batch rate is $0.20 input and $0.60 output. Prompts over 256,000 tokens are billed at $1.20 input and $3.60 output for the whole request.
What is Qwen-Plus's context window?
Qwen-Plus has a 1,000,000-token context window and returns up to 32,768 output tokens per response.
Are Qwen-Plus's weights open?
No. Qwen-Plus is a closed-weights model. You call it through Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)'s API as qwen-plus.
Sources
Last verified from alibabacloud.com.
- https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/model-pricing
- https://modelstudio.console.alibabacloud.com/ap-southeast-1/model/market/detail/qwen-plus
- https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/text-generation-model
- https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/context-cache
- https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/batch-interfaces-compatible-with-openai
- https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/newly-released-models
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