Alibaba (Qwen) API pricing
Alibaba's Qwen series — one of the most widely used open-weight model families, spanning flagship, coding and ultra-cheap tiers.
Alibaba (Qwen) models — price per 1M tokens
All prices in USD, last verified 2026-06-26. Cheapest reference cost first; click a column to re-sort.
| Model | Input /1M | Output /1M | Cost / call* | Context | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 235B A22B Open weights, very cheap | $0.090 | $0.100 | $0.0002 | 256K | Fast / cheap open |
| Qwen3 Coder Open, code-specialised, 1M ctx | $0.220 | $1.80 | $0.0020 | 1M | Balanced open |
| Qwen3 Max Flagship | $0.780 | $3.90 | $0.0047 | 256K | Flagship |
*Reference cost of one call with 1,000 input + 1,000 output tokens — a neutral yardstick. Use the calculator for your real usage. Cheapest row highlighted.
How Alibaba (Qwen) API pricing works
Alibaba (Qwen) bills per token: an input price for everything you send and a higher output price for what the model generates, both quoted per million tokens. To estimate a real bill, multiply by your monthly request volume — the cost calculator does this across every model at once.
Before committing to volume, always confirm the current numbers on the official Alibaba (Qwen) pricing page — the list prices here are verified periodically but the market moves fast.