Alibaba (Qwen)

Qwen3-VL Plus

Generally availableProprietary262K contextReasoning

Summary

Qwen3-VL Plus is a proprietary language model from Alibaba (Qwen), released on 23 Sept 2025. It accepts text and images and generates text, with a 262K-token context window and up to 33K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio), across 1 provider we track.

Qwen vision-language model for visual reasoning, documents, and agent tasks

Last verified 4 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.

Specifications

DeveloperAlibaba (Qwen)
Release date23 Sept 2025 [models.dev]
StatusGenerally available [models.dev]
WeightsProprietary (API only) [models.dev]
Context window262K (262,144 tokens) [models.dev]
Max output33K tokens [models.dev]
Knowledge cutoffApr 2025 [models.dev]
InputText and images [models.dev]
OutputText [models.dev]
Reasoning modeYes [models.dev]
Tool callingYes [models.dev]

Qwen3-VL Plus API pricing by provider

USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.

ProviderInputOutputCached inputContextSource
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio
qwen3-vl-plus
$0.20$1.60–262Kmodels.dev, 4 Oct 2026

Frequently asked questions

What is the context window of Qwen3-VL Plus?

Qwen3-VL Plus has a context window of 262,144 tokens (262K) and can generate up to 32,768 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

How much does the Qwen3-VL Plus API cost?

Through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, Qwen3-VL Plus costs $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens. Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.

Is Qwen3-VL Plus open source?

No. Qwen3-VL Plus is a proprietary model; Alibaba (Qwen) has not released its weights. It is available through APIs including Alibaba Cloud Model Studio.

When was Qwen3-VL Plus released?

Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen3-VL Plus on 23 Sept 2025, according to models.dev.

Change history

No changes detected since we started tracking this model. We re-check every source daily.

Sources