Qwen-VL Plus
Qwen-VL Plus is a language model from Qwen released on Jan 25, 2024. It reads text and images and writes text, with a 131K token context window and up to 8K tokens per reply.
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It costs $0.21 per million input tokens and $0.63 per million output tokens.
It supports tool calling.
2 providers serve it, including Alibaba (China). The lowest input price is $0.115 per million tokens at Alibaba (China).
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $0.21 / $0.63 per 1M
- Context
- 131K
- Max output
- 8K
- Released
- Jan 25, 2024
- Knowledge cutoff
- Apr 2024
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
Qwen-VL Plus pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $0.21 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $0.63 / 1M tokens |
Qwen-VL Plus providers
2 providers serve it, including Alibaba (China). The lowest input price is $0.115 per million tokens at Alibaba (China). Each host sets its own price and limits, so the cheapest one is not always the one with the longest context.
| Provider | Input /M | Output /M | Cache read /M | Context | Max output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba First party | $0.21 | $0.63 | – | 131K | 8K |
| Alibaba (China) | $0.115 | $0.287 | – | 131K | 8K |
What Qwen-VL Plus costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
Supported request parameters
What you can set when you call Qwen-VL Plus through an OpenAI compatible API.
- Tools
tools - Temperature
temperature
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Qwen-VL Plus questions
How much does the Qwen-VL Plus API cost?
$0.21 per million input tokens and $0.63 per million output tokens. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of Qwen-VL Plus?
131,072 tokens of input, and it can write up to 8,192 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Which providers serve Qwen-VL Plus?
2 providers serve it, including Alibaba (China). The lowest input price is $0.115 per million tokens at Alibaba (China). Prices differ by host, so the Providers table on this page lists each one with its input and output price.
Does Qwen-VL Plus support tool calling?
Yes. It accepts tool definitions, which is what an agent needs to call your APIs.
Is Qwen-VL Plus open source?
No. Qwen serves it through an API only, so you cannot download the weights or host it yourself.
When was Qwen-VL Plus released?
Jan 25, 2024, with training data up to Apr 2024.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.
Building on Qwen-VL Plus?
I test your real tasks on it and the two closest alternatives, then ship the agent on whichever wins on cost and accuracy.
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