Qwen-Plus pricing and routing profile
Qwen-Plus from Qwen (Alibaba) lists at $0.26 per million input tokens and $0.78 per million output tokens, with a 1,000,000-token context window. Prices from OpenRouter's catalogue on 2026-09-28.
Tool callingStructured outputLog probabilities
Cost per 1,000 requests
| Request shape | List cost |
|---|---|
| Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out) | $0.164 |
| Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out) | $0.832 |
| Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out) | $2.47 |
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Can Gimbix route to it first?
Yes. At least one host return token log probabilities for Qwen-Plus, which is the confidence signal Gimbix uses to let a cheaper model answer first.
Cheaper models that can answer first
Models priced below Qwen-Plus that expose a confidence signal. Whether they answer your traffic as well is what a Gimbix pilot measures.
| Model | Input / output per 1M | Cheaper on a chat reply |
|---|---|---|
| Llama 4 Maverick | $0.188 / $0.652 | 24% |
| Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct | $0.15 / $0.60 | 35% |
| gpt-oss-120b | $0.15 / $0.60 | 35% |
| GPT-4o-mini | $0.15 / $0.60 | 35% |
| GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | $0.15 / $0.60 | 35% |
| GLM 5.3 Flash | $0.15 / $0.50 | 40% |
Questions
How much does Qwen-Plus cost?
Qwen-Plus lists at $0.26 per million input tokens and $0.78 per million output tokens on OpenRouter as of 2026-09-28. A typical chat reply of 2,000 input and 400 output tokens costs about $0.832 per 1,000 requests.
What is the context window of Qwen-Plus?
1,000,000 tokens.
Can a cheaper model replace Qwen-Plus?
Sometimes. Gimbix proves it on your own traffic before routing: the cheaper model must match Qwen-Plus on one half of your requests and make at most three answers worse on the other.