> Qwen Cloud
Qwen Cloud is the official developer platform for Alibaba's Qwen foundation models. It offers high-performance inference for the Qwen series (Max, Plus, Turbo) via an industry-standard OpenAI-compatible API, featuring credits-based billing and flexible subscription plans.
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: No public free-tier information found (researched 2026-08-29).
| 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. Rated medium risk. a paid API provider with only partial transparency: some coverage or pricing is confirmed while other figures rest on third-party reports or a login-gated console. Such operators commonly resell pooled or byok upstreams, so per-key data handling and uptime are less certain than a first-party API. Risk ratings are editorial, evidence-based, and never influenced by affiliate relationships.
$ Can I use Qwen Cloud through Uprouter Connect?
Yes — Qwen Cloud is Connect-compatible. Add your Qwen Cloud API key in Uprouter Connect (encrypted at rest) and route requests to it through one OpenAI- and Claude-compatible API, optionally behind failover aliases. Uprouter meters the traffic in compute at the provider's listed rate.
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price_history
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live_status
current: unknownNo probes recorded yet.
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risk_&_confidence
Rated medium risk. a paid API provider with only partial transparency: some coverage or pricing is confirmed while other figures rest on third-party reports or a login-gated console. Such operators commonly resell pooled or byok upstreams, so per-key data handling and uptime are less certain than a first-party API.
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
curl https://uprouter.online/api/connect/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer upr_live_YOUR_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{
"model": "qwen/qwen3.5-9b",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello via Qwen Cloud" }]
}'Metered in Uprouter compute — the usage log shows which upstream served each request and its exact cost.
Ranked by neutral similarity signals only — live status, Connect compatibility, free-tier shape and free-credit proximity. Commercial relationships never influence this list.