29x cheaper than GPT-5.4

Qwen API
Alibaba AI, worldwide

Qwen Plus rivals Claude Sonnet in quality. Qwen Turbo is one of the cheapest capable models. Access both without a Chinese account.

Start free — 50 API calls

Qwen Plus

Alibaba flagship. Strong reasoning, multilingual, 128K context.

$0.13/ M input

$1.87/ M output

Model ID: qwen/qwen-plus

Qwen Turbo

Ultra-budget. Fast responses, 128K context, great for high-volume.

$0.08/ M input

$0.31/ M output

Model ID: qwen/qwen-turbo

Quick start

Python

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aipower.me/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
)

# Qwen Plus — flagship, rivals Claude Sonnet
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen/qwen-plus",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain transformer architecture"}],
)

# Qwen Turbo — ultra cheap, fast
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen/qwen-turbo",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this text: ..."}],
)

Qwen vs competitors

Model	Input $/M	Output $/M	vs Qwen Plus savings
Qwen Plus	$0.13	$1.87	—
GPT-5.4	$3.75	$22.50	97% cheaper
Claude Sonnet	$4.50	$22.50	97% cheaper
DeepSeek V3	$0.34	$0.50	62% cheaper

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