Qwen Plus vs Qwen3 Coder Next.
model vs model · prices as of
Qwen Plus takes 3 of 5 rounds against Qwen3 Coder Next. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.63 per million tokens against $1.00.
Alibaba Cloudwins 3 roundsQwen Plus
$0.63/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at Alibaba Cloud (China) · $0.0862 per 1,000 pages
1M context · tool calling
Alibaba CloudQwen3 Coder Next
$1.00/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at LLM Gateway · $0.105 per 1,000 pages
262k context · tool calling · open weights
List price in (lower wins)
$0.40/M
$0.30/M
List price out (lower wins)
$1.20/M
$1.50/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
$0.63/M at Alibaba Cloud (China)
$1.00/M at LLM Gateway
Standard price (lower wins)
$2.40/M
$2.40/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.0862
$0.105
Context
1M tokens
262k tokens
Open weights
no
yes
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
not stated
yes
Reads images
no
no
Reasoning
yes
no
Released
25 Jan 2024
4 Feb 2026
Providers selling it
13
20
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not stated
not stated
Providers selling both · 6
Nous Portal$1.56 / $1.16
Eden AI$1.56 / $1.44
LLM Gateway$2.40 / $1.00
NanoGPT$2.40 / $2.10- Alibaba Cloud$2.40 / $2.40
TrustedRouter$5.49 / $1.22
Qwen Plus then Qwen3 Coder Next, per million tokens
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or switch the weighting, in the tool.
What moved in the last seven days
- Qwen PlusNous Portal$0.21 / $0.62 $0.26 / $0.7825% dearer ·
- Qwen3 Coder NextEden AI$0.17 / $0.93 $0.17 / $0.920.7% cheaper ·
- Qwen3 Coder NextAlibaba CloudAlibaba Cloud's list price, in and out per million tokens$0.12 / $0.80 $0.30 / $1.50107% dearer ·
- Qwen3 Coder NextNous Portal$0.10 / $0.64 $0.12 / $0.8025% dearer ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Qwen Plus or Qwen3 Coder Next?
- Qwen Plus, at $0.63 per million tokens against $1.00 for Qwen3 Coder Next, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Qwen Plus: $0.63 at Alibaba Cloud (China). Qwen3 Coder Next: $1.00 at LLM Gateway.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 6 providers sell both: Nous Portal, Eden AI, LLM Gateway, NanoGPT, Alibaba Cloud, TrustedRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is Nous Portal.
- Which holds more context?
- Qwen Plus, at 1M tokens against 262k.
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.