Qwen: Qwen-Plus
Analysis Summary
Qwen-Plus is a mid-tier offering from Alibaba's Qwen family, positioned as a cost-effective general-purpose model. Its standout feature is the 1M token context window, which is unusually large for its price point, alongside full tool use and function calling support. Without benchmark data, its reasoning and coding capability cannot be independently verified.
For businesses, the large context window makes it a candidate for long-document summarisation, extended conversation threads, and structured content tasks. The absence of vision support limits its versatility compared to multimodal alternatives at similar price points.
At $0.26 input and $0.78 output per million tokens, pricing is competitive. Teams looking for a high-context, budget-friendly model for content workflows may find it useful, but should validate quality on their specific tasks before committing.
Assessed June 30, 2026
Editorial notes
Qwen-Plus offers a 1M token context window with tool use and function calling at competitive pricing, but lacks benchmark data to confirm reasoning or coding capability.
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Performance Profile
How Qwen: Qwen-Plus compares
Its 1M-token context window is larger than 91% of the models we list. At $0.26 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 46% of comparable models.
About Qwen: Qwen-Plus
Qwen-Plus, based on the Qwen2.5 foundation model, is a 131K context model with a balanced performance, speed, and cost combination.
Capabilities
How does Qwen: Qwen-Plus stack up?
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
qwen/qwen-plus
|
| Provider | qwen |
| Release Date | February 1, 2025 |
| Context Length | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Max Completion | 32,768 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.26 | $0.000260 |
| Output | $0.78 | $0.000780 |
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Frequently asked questions about Qwen: Qwen-Plus
How much does Qwen: Qwen-Plus cost?
Qwen: Qwen-Plus costs $0.26 per million input tokens and $0.78 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Qwen: Qwen-Plus?
Qwen: Qwen-Plus has a context window of 1,000,000 tokens (1M).
What can Qwen: Qwen-Plus do?
Qwen: Qwen-Plus supports tool use and function calling.
Who created Qwen: Qwen-Plus?
Qwen: Qwen-Plus is developed by Qwen and was released on February 1, 2025.
