Which is cheaper, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) or Qwen-VL OCR?

Qwen-VL OCR, at $0.24 per million tokens against $1.89 for Qwen Plus Character (Japanese), three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Qwen Plus Character (Japanese): $1.89 at Eden AI. Qwen-VL OCR: $0.24 at Eden AI.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 2 providers sell both: Eden AI, Alibaba Cloud. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.

Which holds more context?

Qwen-VL OCR, at 34k tokens against 8k.

Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) vs Qwen-VL OCR.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Qwen-VL OCR takes 4 of 5 rounds against Qwen Plus Character (Japanese). It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.24 per million tokens against $1.89.

Alibaba Cloud

Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)

$1.89/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Eden AI · $0.25 per 1,000 pages

8k context · tool calling

Eden AI ↗

Alibaba Cloudwins 4 rounds

Qwen-VL OCR

$0.24/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Eden AI · $0.0335 per 1,000 pages

34k context · reads images

Eden AI ↗

List price in (lower wins)

$0.50/M

$0.72/M

List price out (lower wins)

$1.40/M

$0.72/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$1.89/M at Eden AI

$0.24/M at Eden AI

Standard price (lower wins)

$2.90/M

$2.88/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.25

$0.0335

Context

8k tokens

34k tokens

Open weights

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

not stated

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

Released

1 Jan 2024

28 Oct 2024

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

Providers selling both · 2

Eden AI$1.89 / $0.24
Alibaba Cloud$2.90 / $2.88

Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) then Qwen-VL OCR, per million tokens

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) or Qwen-VL OCR?: Qwen-VL OCR, at $0.24 per million tokens against $1.89 for Qwen Plus Character (Japanese), three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Qwen Plus Character (Japanese): $1.89 at Eden AI. Qwen-VL OCR: $0.24 at Eden AI.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 2 providers sell both: Eden AI, Alibaba Cloud. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.
Which holds more context?: Qwen-VL OCR, at 34k tokens against 8k.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.