# Qwen (Alibaba) — AI Compare Ninja

> Alibaba's AI assistant built on the Qwen models, with chat, image and video generation, deep research and web-dev features.

## Overview
- **Category:** Productivity (Assistants & workspaces)
- **Status:** Renamed - Active, but now branded 'Qwen Studio'. chat.qwen.ai shows 'Qwen Studio' in title and UI. Provider per terms: Alibaba Cloud (Singapore) Private Limited.
- **Paid from:** $0.05 / $0.40 / 1 million Tokens (0-256K Context) (API - qwen-flash (Pay-as-you-go, International/Singapur))
- **Free access:** Free plan
- **Website:** https://chat.qwen.ai/
- **Canonical URL:** https://www.aicompare.ninja/en/tool/qwen

## What it does
- AI assistant for chat, image and video generation, deep research, and web dev
- Accessible to European users via qwen.ai
- API with 1,000,000 free tokens per model for new accounts (valid 90 days)
- qwen-flash: USD 0.25 input and USD 2.00 output per 1M tokens
- qwen-plus: USD 1.20 input and USD 3.60 output per 1M tokens
- qwen3.8-flash: $0.15 input and $0.47 output per 1 million tokens

## In brief
Qwen is Alibaba's AI assistant built on the Qwen models with chat, image and video generation, deep research, and web dev features, accessible from Europe.

The API in Alibaba Cloud Model Studio typically gives new users 1,000,000 free tokens per model (valid 90 days) in the Singapore region. qwen-turbo is deprecated; qwen-flash is the successor.


## Limits
Reachable from a European IP. The interface appears in German; sign-up uses name, e-mail and password or Google/GitHub - no Chinese phone number required. Operator is Alibaba Cloud (Singapore) Private Limited, not a mainland Chinese entity. The privacy policy states: 'We store or process personal data described in section I. How We Collect Your Personal Data in Singapore and Mainland China.' It adds: 'Certain entities in our corporate group located in Singapore and Mainland China are given limited remote access to this data'. On training, the purpose table lists: 'To train and improve the accuracy, performance, and quality of our services (including our AI models)' using 'De-identified User Content' and 'Feedback', legal basis 'Legitimate interests'. For transfers out of the EU the provider relies on Article 45 GDPR adequacy decisions.

## Pricing tiers
| Tier | Price | Period | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Qwen Studio (chat product) | free | Permanent | Vendor statement: 'Qwen Studio is an AI assistant for everyone, powered by the Qwen series models. It's free to use, open to all'; Features per homepage: Image Edit, Thinking, Search, Web Dev, Artifacts, Deep Research, Image Generation, Video Generation; No published quantities (messages, credits) |
| API - Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, free quota for new customers | free | One-time, valid for 90 days | Typically, 1,000,000 free tokens per model; Valid 90 days from activating Model Studio or the model being released/approved; Only for models in the Singapore region with service deployment scope 'International' |
| API - qwen-flash (Pay-as-you-go, International/Singapur) | $0.05 / $0.40 | 1 million Tokens (0-256K Context) | USD 0.25 input and USD 2.00 output per 1M tokens in the 256K-1M context range; qwen-turbo is deprecated, qwen-flash is the successor |
| API - qwen3.8-flash (Pay-as-you-go, International/Singapur) | $0.15 / $0.47 | 1 million Tokens (0-1M Context) | Latest multimodal Flash model in the Qwen family; Flat price across the full 1M context range, unlike qwen-flash's tiered brackets |
| API - qwen-plus (Pay-as-you-go, International/Singapur) | $0.40 / $1.20 | 1 million Tokens (0-256K Context) | USD 1.20 input and USD 3.60 output per 1M tokens in the 256K-1M context range |
| API - qwen-max (Pay-as-you-go, International/Singapur) | $1.20 / $6.00 | Per 1 million tokens | Largest Qwen model in Model Studio |

## Sources
All details regarding plans, limits, and features are based on official vendor documentation and the primary sources verified below.

- https://chat.qwen.ai/
- https://qwen.ai/home
- https://qwen.ai/privacypolicy
- https://qwen.ai/termsservice
- https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/model-pricing
- https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/new-free-quota
- https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/qwen3-8-flash

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*Source: AI Compare Ninja (2026) - https://www.aicompare.ninja/en/tool/qwen*