Alibaba (Qwen)

Qwen 2

Estimated pricingMedium memory

Qwen 2 is Alibaba (Qwen)'s medium-memory model. This page shows current pricing, an interactive cost calculator, and a side-by-side with similar models.

Input

$0.30/1M tokens

Output

$0.90/1M tokens

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Batch

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Interactive

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Technical specifications

Qwen 2 at a glance.

Memory

32,768

tokens

Max reply

4,096

tokens

Memory tier

Medium

a long report or a codebase file

Tokenizer

qwen

Released

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Training cutoff

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Availability

Estimated

Status

active

What it can do

Capabilities & limits.

  • Understands images
  • Deep step-by-step thinking
  • Uses tools / calls functions
  • Strict JSON output
  • Streams replies
  • Fine-tunable on your data

When to pick Qwen 2

  • High-volume workloads where unit cost matters.

When to look elsewhere

  • Your workload involves images — pick a vision-capable model instead.
  • You need tool-use / function calling for agent workflows.

Alternatives

Similar models to compare.

FAQ

Qwen 2 — the questions we see most.

Pricing, capabilities, alternatives — generated from the same data that powers the calculator above.

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At a typical workload of 50,000 conversations a month with 1,500-token prompts and 800-token replies, Qwen 2 costs roughly $59 per month. Input is $0.30 /1M tokens and output is $0.90 /1M tokens.
Qwen 2 has a 32,768-token context window (medium memory — a long report or a codebase file). That means you can fit about 6,144 words of input and history in a single call.
Models in a similar class include qwen3.5-4b, qwen-turbo, qwen3.5-2b. The "Similar models" section below this FAQ links into each.
Open-weight model — price from a common hosting provider (Together, Fireworks, Replicate). We source estimates from the cheapest public hosting provider for that model and note it on the page.

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