> Qwen Cloud
Qwen Cloud / Alibaba Cloud Model Studio is the API and model-marketplace side of Qwen, reachable internationally at qwencloud.com and in mainland China through Bailian at bailian.console.aliyun.com. The international marketplace page states that new users get 70M+ free tokens and advertises full-modality access from $6/month. Chinese-language Model Studio documentation states that activating Bailian for the first time automatically issues a newcomer free quota per model, usually 1,000,000 tokens, valid for 90 days and available only in the Beijing (cn-beijing) region.
// pros
- The official international marketplace page states that new users get 70M+ free tokens.
- Chinese Model Studio documentation states each model receives an independent newcomer free quota, usually 1,000,000 tokens, granted automatically on first activation with no manual claim or purchase.
- Free quota validity is documented as 90 days, counted from the later of activation, model release or approval.
- A stop-when-quota-exhausted switch prevents surprise charges and is forced on by default for accounts that have not completed identity verification.
- An entry plan is advertised from $6/month for full-modality model access (AI Token Plan banner on qwencloud.com).
// cons
- The documented free quota applies only to the cn-beijing region; no free quota is granted in other regions or deployment scopes.
- Quota does not pool: each model, and each date-stamped snapshot version, has its own allowance with no cross-model transfer, and exhausting one model does not switch calls to another.
- Batch calls, model tuning, model deployment, custom/deployed models, PAI-DSW and OSS storage are explicitly excluded from free-quota deduction.
- One grant per verified identity - re-registering under the same real-name subject does not produce a second newcomer quota, and expired remainder is void with no reissue or extension.
Use the documented 1M-token-per-model free window in cn-beijing to benchmark Qwen text and vision models, keep the stop-when-exhausted switch enabled while testing, and move to the $6/month Token Plan or pay-as-you-go only after measuring real token consumption.
written by Mike Fleming, Uprouter editorial · verified against official sources September 16, 2026
Free tier present — value not quantified
This provider offers a free tier, but its terms don’t convert cleanly into a USD figure (e.g. request-count limits or capacity-dependent pools). We refuse to print a misleading zero here. See the note below and the official pricing page for the exact limits.
note: Free grants are token allowances, not currency: 70M+ tokens for new users on the international Qwen Cloud marketplace, and typically 1,000,000 tokens per model (90 days, cn-beijing only) on Chinese Model Studio.
| Plan | Type | Monthly | Input /1M | Output /1M | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go | payg | — | Free | Free | Cheapest tracked model rate (OpenRouter-normalized). |
| Qwen3.8-Max | payg | — | $2.00 | $6.00 | Flagship model pricing. |
| Qwen-Flash | payg | — | $0.276 | $1.65 | Verified from Alibaba Cloud Model Studio rates. |
Pricing normalized from public sources — always verify with the provider.
// model prices
| Model | Input /1M | Output /1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen-Plus | Free | $0.0000 | 1M |
| Qwen: Qwen-Turbo | Free | Free | 128k |
| Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Free | Free | 33k |
| Qwen: Qwen Max | $0.0000 | $0.0000 | 33k |
| Qwen3.5-Flash | $0.065 | $0.260 | 1M |
| Qwen3.5-9B | $0.100 | $0.150 | 262k |
| Qwen3 Coder Next | $0.120 | $0.800 | 262k |
| Qwen3.8 Flash | $0.150 | $0.470 | 1M |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | $0.230 | $2.30 | 131k |
| Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | $0.290 | $2.40 | 262k |
| Qwen3.8 27B | $0.420 | $3.00 | 1M |
| Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | $0.660 | $1.00 | 33k |
| Qwen3 Max | $0.780 | $3.90 | 262k |
| Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | $2.00 | $6.00 | 1M |
$ Does Qwen Cloud have a free tier?
Yes — Qwen Cloud offers a free tier. Always confirm current limits on Qwen Cloud's official pricing page — free tiers change without notice.
$ How much does Qwen Cloud cost per 1M tokens?
The cheapest model we track at Qwen Cloud is Free per 1M input tokens and Free per 1M output tokens. This is normalized from Qwen Cloud's published pricing — verify with the provider before purchasing, since prices change frequently.
$ Is Qwen Cloud safe to use?
Uprouter rates Qwen Cloud as medium risk. Medium-low risk. The free allowance is explicitly documented and bounded (90 days, per model, cn-beijing only), and the platform provides a hard-stop switch that prevents accidental spend, with notification at 20% remaining quota. The main risks are the regional restriction, the one-time identity-linked grant, and the documented exclusions (Batch, tuning, deployment) that mean some workloads start charging immediately. Risk ratings are editorial, evidence-based, and never influenced by affiliate relationships.
Raw community sentiment, shown unblended. Votes never feed into objective data fields like price, risk, or status — and never into sort order.
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// more_informationprice history · live status · risk & confidence · code snippets
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live_status
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risk_&_confidence
Medium-low risk. The free allowance is explicitly documented and bounded (90 days, per model, cn-beijing only), and the platform provides a hard-stop switch that prevents accidental spend, with notification at 20% remaining quota. The main risks are the regional restriction, the one-time identity-linked grant, and the documented exclusions (Batch, tuning, deployment) that mean some workloads start charging immediately.
Confidence reflects how much verifiable evidence (official docs, probe history, community reports) backs this entry. Risk is our editorial assessment of operator reliability and terms — not financial advice.
code_snippets
# Qwen Cloud's own API — get a key from their dashboard
curl https://www.qwencloud.com/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer THEIR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "qwen/qwen3.5-9b",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }]
}'Direct to the provider — Uprouter receives nothing; verify their current pricing before purchasing.
Ranked by neutral similarity signals only — live status, free-tier shape and free-credit proximity. Commercial relationships never influence this list.