Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)

Qwen3-VL-Plus API Pricing

International pricing, base tier (0-32K): $0.2/$1.6 per 1M tokens; tiers rise to $0.3/$2.4 (32K-128K) and $0.6/$4.8 (128K-256K).

Verified against Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)’s pricing page on 2026-07-02.

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Facts

Specs

  • FamilyQwen
  • API IDqwen3-vl-plus
  • ModalityMultimodal
  • Context window
  • Max output
  • Release dateNot published

Pricing (per 1M tokens)

  • Input$0.20 / 1M tokens
  • Output$1.60 / 1M tokens
  • Cached input
  • Cache write
  • Batch discount

Capabilities

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Notes

International pricing, base tier (0-32K): $0.2/$1.6 per 1M tokens; tiers rise to $0.3/$2.4 (32K-128K) and $0.6/$4.8 (128K-256K).

Worked cost examples

Estimated monthly cost on three common usage shapes

WorkloadEst. monthly cost

Chatbot

800 input / 200 output tokens per request, 100,000 requests/month

$48.00

RAG pipeline

6,000 input / 700 output tokens per request, 30,000 requests/month

$69.60

Batch summarization

20,000 input / 1,500 output tokens per request, 5,000 requests/month

$32.00

Price history

Changes we have documented since we began tracking

No price changes recorded since we began tracking.

Qwen3-VL-Plus pricing FAQ

How much does Qwen3-VL-Plus cost per 1M tokens?
Qwen3-VL-Plus costs $0.20 per 1M input tokens and $1.60 per 1M output tokens.
How much does Qwen3-VL-Plus cost per request?
A typical request of 800 input and 200 output tokens costs about $0.00048 on Qwen3-VL-Plus.
Is Qwen3-VL-Plus cheaper than Qwen-Flash?
Qwen3-VL-Plus is more expensive than Qwen-Flash on input tokens, by about 300%.
Does Qwen3-VL-Plus have cache pricing?
No cache discount is documented for Qwen3-VL-Plus on the provider's pricing page.