QwQ Plus API Pricing
Alibaba · released 2025-03-05
QwQ Plus price
0.080¢ / 1K
0.240¢ / 1K
0.120¢ / 1K
Deprecated by the vendor
Official list price from Alibaba, as recorded by models.dev
What it actually costs
| Workload | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Short chat reply | 500 in / 300 out | 0.112¢ |
| RAG query | 4,000 in / 500 out | 0.44¢ |
| Long document summary | 50,000 in / 1,000 out | $0.0424 |
| Code review of a 2k-line file | 30,000 in / 2,000 out | $0.0288 |
| 1,000 chat replies/day for 30 days | 30,000 × (500 in / 300 out) | $33.60 |
Cost = (input tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $0.80) + (output tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $2.40).
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Value | Source | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI) | No public data yet | ||
| Epoch Mock AIME accuracy | No public data yet | ||
| Epoch FrontierMath (T1–3) accuracy | No public data yet | ||
| Arena text rating | No public data yet | ||
| Arena coding rating (human preference votes, not task accuracy) | No public data yet | ||
| Arena math rating | No public data yet | ||
| Arena WebDev rating | No public data yet | ||
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Count tokens & estimate cost for QwQ Plus
Prices: Alibaba's official list price as recorded by models.dev; benchmarks: see sources below; last synced 2026-11-06.
FAQ
Who develops QwQ Plus?
QwQ Plus is developed by Alibaba, released 2025-03-05.
How much does QwQ Plus cost per million tokens?
QwQ Plus costs $0.80 per 1M input tokens and $2.40 per 1M output tokens ($1.20 blended), per Alibaba's official list price as recorded by models.dev.
What is the QwQ Plus API price?
The QwQ Plus API price is $0.80 per 1M input tokens and $2.40 per 1M output tokens ($1.20 per 1M blended).
How much does QwQ Plus cost for a typical request?
A short chat reply (500 in / 300 out tokens) costs about 0.112¢ on QwQ Plus, at $0.80/1M input and $2.40/1M output.
Is QwQ Plus free?
QwQ Plus's official API list price is $0.80 per 1M input tokens and $2.40 per 1M output tokens. This site tracks list prices only, not free tiers or trial credits — check Alibaba's site for those.
Where does this data come from?
Pricing for QwQ Plus comes from models.dev and LiteLLM (open MIT-licensed catalogs); benchmark scores come from Epoch AI and LMArena (open CC BY 4.0 licenses) — see /data-sources/. Last synced 2026-11-06.