Qwen-VL OCR pricing.

prices as of · 5 providers · 5 prices

Alibaba Cloud's Qwen-VL OCR holds 34k tokens of context and reads images as well as text. Closed weights: only Alibaba Cloud and its licensed partners run it, so every other price below resells the same service.

Qwen-VL OCR costs $0.72 in and $0.72 out per million tokens from Alibaba Cloud; the cheapest price we can explain is $0.24 at Eden AI, checked 16 Sept 2026.

reads images34k contextreleased 28 Oct 2024

Alibaba Cloud list price

$2.88/M tokens

$0.72 in · $0.72 out

read · 19% below the market median

Cheapest price we can explain

$0.24/M tokens

$0.05 in · $0.10 out · 92% under list

Eden AI
View at Eden AI

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What it costs for your work

pages a month

Alibaba Cloud list price

$0.475a month

cheapest we can explain · Eden AI

$0.0335a month

difference

$0.442saved

A page is about 600 tokens in and 60 out, a support reply 200 in and 300 out, an email 150 in and 250 out. Nothing else is counted: no cache discount, no batch rate, no free tier.

Every provider selling Qwen-VL OCR

Four groups, decided by the price and by what the provider publishes about it. Prices are per million tokens, and the share is that row against Alibaba Cloud's price.

The maker's list price

1 price

What the lab that trained the model charges on its own API.

  • Alibaba Cloud

    The price Alibaba Cloud charges for the model it trained. Every row below is measured against it.

    $0.72 / $0.72in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

Cheaper, and we know why

1 price

Below list, with a published reason: hosting the open weights, a regional price list, credits, a stated discount.

  • Eden AI

    Alibaba's China-region price list, which is lower than the international one. A region, not a deal.

    38k context hereEden AI

    $0.05 / $0.10in / out per M

    0.08×of list price

Same price as the maker

1 price

The same price the maker charges, sold by someone else.

Cheaper, and nobody says why

2 prices · never ranked

Below list on a closed model with nothing to account for it. Shown, never ranked, never a pick.

  • LLMTR

    0.10× Alibaba Cloud's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.

    256k context hereLLMTR

    $0.07 / $0.16in / out per M

    0.13×of list price

  • TrustedRouter

    0.10× Alibaba Cloud's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.

    262k context hereTrustedRouter

    $0.07 / $0.17in / out per M

    0.14×of list price

Frequently asked

Who sells Qwen-VL OCR cheapest?
Eden AI, at $0.05 in and $0.10 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. Alibaba's China-region price list, which is lower than the international one. A region, not a deal.
Is Qwen-VL OCR open weights?
No. Alibaba Cloud keeps the weights, so every price on this page is Alibaba Cloud's own or a resale of it. A price below list here needs a published reason, or it is listed and never ranked.
How much context does Qwen-VL OCR hold?
34,096 tokens in one call, which is about 34k.
How does Qwen-VL OCR compare with the rest of the market?
At $2.88 per million tokens, Alibaba Cloud's price is 19% below the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.
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