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Qwen-Plus

Qwen Qwen-Plus — pricing, 1000k context window, API cost calculator and alternatives.

By Qwen

🔧 Tools Function calling — the model can structure responses as tool calls with typed arguments. Reliability differs between providers. Glossary → {} JSON Forces output to be valid JSON, reducing parse errors. Some providers also let you constrain to a schema. Glossary →
Context window Maximum tokens (input + output) the model can process in a single request. Glossary →
1,000,000
tokens
Input price What the model charges for tokens you send (prompt + context). Glossary →
$0.2600
per 1M tokens
Output price What the model charges for tokens it generates. Usually 3–5× pricier than input. Glossary →
$0.7800
per 1M tokens

Specs

Provider
Qwen
Slug
qwen/qwen-plus
Capabilities
tools, json_mode

Pricing freshness

Tier
standard
Currency
USD
As of
2026-05-08 17:08 UTC
Estimate monthly cost → See alternatives to Qwen-Plus →

Pricing history

Tracking Qwen-Plus pricing since 2026-05-08. We'll plot the chart here once it changes.

Quickstart — call Qwen-Plus from your app

curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen/qwen-plus",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Official docs: https://openrouter.ai/docs

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Frequently asked questions

What is Qwen-Plus?

Qwen-Plus is a large language model API from Qwen with a 1M-token context window. It costs $0.26 per 1M input tokens and $0.78 per 1M output tokens.

How much does Qwen-Plus cost?

Qwen-Plus is priced at $0.26 per 1M input tokens and $0.78 per 1M output tokens via the Qwen API. A 50/50 input/output workload of 1M total tokens costs about $0.52.

What is the context window of Qwen-Plus?

Qwen-Plus supports up to 1M tokens of context per request — roughly 2000 pages of English text or 125000 lines of code at a typical density.

Does Qwen-Plus support vision, tool use, or JSON mode?

Qwen-Plus supports tool/function calling and structured JSON mode. It does not support image input (vision).

Who makes Qwen-Plus?

Qwen-Plus is built and operated by Qwen. Pricing, context window, and capabilities on this page are refreshed nightly from Qwen's public catalog.

Can I self-host Qwen-Plus?

Qwen-Plus is API-only — its weights are not publicly distributed by Qwen, so it cannot be self-hosted today.

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