Who sells Qwen-VL Plus cheapest?

Alibaba Cloud (China), at $0.12 in and $0.29 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. Alibaba's China-region Model Studio, which prices the Qwen models below the international list. A region, not a deal.

Is Qwen-VL Plus 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 Plus hold?

131,072 tokens in one call, which is about 131k, and it can call your own functions.

How does Qwen-VL Plus compare with the rest of the market?

At $1.26 per million tokens, Alibaba Cloud's price is 65% below the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.

Qwen-VL Plus pricing.

prices as of 16 Sept 2026 · 3 providers · 3 prices

Alibaba Cloud's Qwen-VL Plus holds 131k 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 Plus costs $0.21 in and $0.63 out per million tokens from Alibaba Cloud; the cheapest price we can explain is $0.63 at Alibaba Cloud (China), checked 16 Sept 2026.

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Alibaba Cloud list price

$1.26/M tokens

$0.21 in · $0.63 out

read 16 Sept 2026 · 65% below the market median

Cheapest price we can explain

$0.63/M tokens

$0.12 in · $0.29 out · 50% under list

Alibaba Cloud (China)

View at Alibaba Cloud (China) ↗

read 16 Sept 2026

What it costs for your work

how manypages a month

Alibaba Cloud list price

$0.164a month

cheapest we can explain · Alibaba Cloud (China)

$0.0862a month

difference

$0.0776saved

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 Plus

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.
Alibaba Cloud ↗
$0.21 / $0.63in / out per M
1.00×of list price

Cheaper, and we know why

2 prices

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

Alibaba Cloud (China)
Alibaba's China-region Model Studio, which prices the Qwen models below the international list. A region, not a deal.
Alibaba Cloud (China) ↗
$0.12 / $0.29in / out per M
0.50×of list price
Eden AI
Alibaba's China-region price list, which is lower than the international one. A region, not a deal.
Eden AI ↗
$0.14 / $0.41in / out per M
0.65×of list price

Frequently asked

Who sells Qwen-VL Plus cheapest?: Alibaba Cloud (China), at $0.12 in and $0.29 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. Alibaba's China-region Model Studio, which prices the Qwen models below the international list. A region, not a deal.
Is Qwen-VL Plus 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 Plus hold?: 131,072 tokens in one call, which is about 131k, and it can call your own functions.
How does Qwen-VL Plus compare with the rest of the market?: At $1.26 per million tokens, Alibaba Cloud's price is 65% below the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.