AI Model Atlas / Qwen (Alibaba)
Qwen-Plus
One million input tokens cost $0.26 and one million output tokens $0.78. Context window: 1M tokens, about 1,667 A4 pages.
What it costs in practice
Pricing per million tokens doesn't mean anything to anyone, so I convert it to three tasks that people actually give to models. The usage assumptions are listed for each row so you can verify them.
| Task | Input | Output | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1500-word articlebrief plus finished text in English | 1,500 tokens | 2,200 tokens | $0.0021 |
| 100 chat queries700 tokens per question and 400 per answer | 70,000 tokens | 40,000 tokens | $0.05 |
| Hour of work with an agentagent reads repository and writes fixes | 250,000 tokens | 30,000 tokens | $0.09 |
Technical details
| Provider | Qwen (Alibaba) |
| Modalities | text → text |
| Context window | 1M tokens (~1,667 A4 pages) |
| Maximum response | 33k tokens |
| Step-by-step reasoning | no |
| Tool calling | yes |
| Forced JSON format | yes |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2025-03-31 |
| Cache read | $0.052 per million |
| Content moderation | no extra filter |
How it compares to the rest
The database contains 469 models. In terms of input pricing Qwen-Plus is more expensive than 36 percent of paid models. A longer context window is available in 146 models.
Input price history
2026-09-08 · $0.262026-11-11 · $0.26
The chart shows the price of a million input tokens on consecutive measurement days. History starts on the day I launched the atlas and grows with each day. I don't backfill data.
Alternatives at a similar price
Models from other providers whose cost for the same article comes out closest.
| Model | Input / M | Output / M | 1500-word article | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mi:dm K 3.0 ProKt | $0.20 | $0.80 | $0.0021 | 262k |
| GPT-4.1 Mini (batch)OpenAI | $0.20 | $0.80 | $0.0021 | 1M |
| MiniMax M2.7MiniMax | $0.21 | $0.84 | $0.0022 | 197k |
| MiniMax M3 (batch)MiniMax | $0.22 | $0.88 | $0.0023 | 524k |
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