Qwen (Alibaba) Pricing
All plans and pricing as of 2026-04-13
Free tier available2 plansExcellent value score (10/10)
Self-hosted (Free)
$0
- ✓Apache 2.0 license on open weights
- ✓Available on Hugging Face, ModelScope, Ollama
- ✓Fine-tuning fully permitted
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API (OpenRouter / Alibaba Cloud)
$0.12/per 1M input tokens
- ✓Qwen3-Coder-Next 80B-A3B: $0.12 in / $0.60 out
- ✓Qwen3.5-397B: $0.40 in / $2.40 out
- ✓Qwen3-Max (API only): $0.78 in / $6.00 out
Is Qwen (Alibaba) Worth the Price?
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Value Score: 10/10
Overall Score: 8.8/10 · Developers who want frontier-tier open weights with Apache 2.0 licensing. Qwen3-Coder-Next is arguably the best local coding model; Qwen3.5-397B is a top-3 open generalist.
Qwen is the most complete open-weights family in 2026. Alibaba ships Apache-2.0 weights across text, coding, vision, and reasoning -- every modality has a top-tier entry. Qwen3-Coder-Next is a standout: 3B active params but competitive with Claude Sonnet on coding. The catch is that Qwen3-Max, the absolute flagship, stays closed. If you can live with the PRC content filters and want the best open-weights ecosystem, Qwen is the S-tier pick.
How Qwen (Alibaba) Pricing Compares
| Tool | Free Tier | Starting Price | Value Score | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen (Alibaba)(this tool) | Yes | $0 | 10/10 | 8.8 |
| MiniMax M2 / M2.5 | Yes | $0 | 9.5/10 | 8.4 |
| Gemma 4 (Google) | Yes | $0 | 10/10 | 8.3 |
| Kimi K2.5 (Moonshot) | Yes | $0 | 8.5/10 | 8.1 |
| DeepSeek | Yes | $0 | 9.5/10 | 8.0 |
| GLM / Z.ai (Zhipu AI) | Yes | $0 | 9/10 | 8.0 |