Analysis Summary
Qwen Plus 0728 is a text model designed for broad API use, with a 1M token context window, tool use, and function calling. The context size supports large-scale document analysis, retrieval workflows, and assistants that need to coordinate information across extensive inputs.
This specific variant has no supplied benchmark data, so its general reasoning, coding, and instruction-following quality should be validated rather than assumed. Lower pricing than the thinking version improves its role in volume workloads, but complex client-facing tasks still need review and fallback handling. It is a sensible candidate for structured automation pilots where long context and tool integration matter more than proven frontier performance.
Assessed August 9, 2026
Editorial notes
Qwen Plus 0728 combines a 1M token context window, tool use, function calling, and lower pricing than its thinking variant, but benchmark evidence for this specific model is unavailable.
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DFO Verdict
Qwen Plus 0728 combines a 1M token context window, tool use, function calling, and lower pricing than its thinking variant, but benchmark evidence for this specific model is unavailable.
How Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 compares
Its 1M-token context window is larger than 86% of the models we list. At $0.26 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 50% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.26 | $0.000260 |
| Output | $0.78 | $0.000780 |
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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.
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Talk to our teamAbout Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728
Qwen Plus 0728, based on the Qwen3 foundation model, is a 1 million context hybrid reasoning model with a balanced performance, speed, and cost combination.
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Frequently asked questions about Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728
How much does Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 cost?
Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 costs $0.26 per million input tokens and $0.78 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728?
Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 has a context window of 1,000,000 tokens (1M).
What can Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 do?
Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 supports tool use and function calling.
Who created Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728?
Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 is developed by Qwen and was released on September 8, 2025.
Data sourced from the OpenRouter API, Artificial Analysis, the Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard and our own internal testing. Scores are editorially curated by our team.
Last updated: August 13, 2026 8:38 pm