Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) pricing

Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) from Alibaba (Qwen) costs $0.400 per 1M input tokens and $1.20 per 1M output tokens. Context window 1,000,000 tokens.

API id qwen-plus-2025-07-28:thinking · Alibaba (Qwen) · source · updated 2026-08-11

$0.400
Input / 1M tokens
$1.20
Output / 1M tokens
Cached input / 1M
1M
Context window

What Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) costs in practice

Estimated cost at common usage volumes
WorkloadInput tokensOutput tokensEstimated cost
Short chat turn1,000500$0.0010
Document summary50,0002,000$0.02
1M tokens in, 200K out1,000,000200,000$0.64

Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.

Common questions

How much does Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) cost per 1M tokens?
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) costs $0.400 per 1M input tokens and $1.20 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.
What is Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)'s context window?
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) accepts up to 1,000,000 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 32,768 output tokens.
Is there a cheaper Qwen model than Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)?
Yes. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is $0.360 per 1M input tokens versus $0.400 for Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking), with a 32,768 token context window.
Where does this Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) price come from?
From the OpenRouter catalogue, because Alibaba (Qwen) does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from Alibaba (Qwen)'s own — verify before committing spend.

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