Alibaba Cloud Qwen Code pricing details. Not verified — the page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read.

Alibaba Cloud Qwen Code Pricing 2026

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Limits, pricing history. Catalogue date August 2026. Last updated 2026-09-27.

Tier "Pay-as-you-go" is usage-billed from the first request. Open-source AI coding agent for the terminal, editors, desktop, browser and chat, formerly with a free Qwen OAuth tier… The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-10, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

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Open-source AI coding agent for the terminal, editors, desktop, browser and chat, formerly with a free Qwen OAuth tier. No free tier: Qwen Code's documentation says "The Qwen OAuth free tier was discontinued on 2026-04-15" and points users to Alibaba Cloud Coding Plan, OpenRouter, Fireworks AI or another provider. Coding Plan Pro is $50 a month; a Model Studio API key is billed pay-as-you-go.

Pricing Change History (2 recorded)

corrected effective 2026-09-27 medium impact

Data correction - Qwen Code's free tier ended on 2026-04-15. Our record called it a cut from 1,000 to 100 requests a day; Qwen's documentation says the free Qwen OAuth tier was discontinued that day. Source ↗

Before: Recorded as limits_reduced dated 2026-04-15, sourced to a news article

After: free_tier_removed dated 2026-04-15, sourced to Qwen Code's authentication documentation

removed effective 2026-04-15 high impact

Qwen Code's free Qwen OAuth tier was discontinued on 2026-04-15, and new requests on it are rejected. Qwen's docs point users to Alibaba Cloud Coding Plan, OpenRouter, Fireworks AI or another provider. Source ↗

Before: A free Qwen OAuth tier for the Qwen Code CLI

After: "The Qwen OAuth free tier was discontinued on 2026-04-15. Existing cached tokens may continue working briefly, but new requests will be rejected." (Qwen Code authentication docs, read 2026-09-27)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Alibaba Cloud Qwen Code free?

Tier "Pay-as-you-go" is usage-billed from the first request. We cannot confirm that today. The page we cite for Alibaba Cloud Qwen Code states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-10. Open-source AI coding agent for the terminal, editors, desktop, browser and chat, formerly with a free Qwen OAuth tier. No free tier: Qwen Code's documentation says "The Qwen OAuth free tier was disco... We have not confirmed these terms against the source we cite, so treat them as unverified.

Is Alibaba Cloud Qwen Code's free tier reliable?

We cannot say. The page we cite for Alibaba Cloud Qwen Code states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-10. Nothing we have read describes these terms, so we are not publishing a stability judgement for this vendor until that is fixed.

Is Alibaba Cloud Qwen Code's free tier good for production?

Tier "Pay-as-you-go" is usage-billed from the first request. There is no free tier here to run in production.

What changed in Alibaba Cloud Qwen Code's pricing?

Alibaba Cloud Qwen Code has had 1 recorded pricing change. Most recently: Qwen Code's free Qwen OAuth tier was discontinued on 2026-04-15, and new requests on it are rejected. Qwen's docs point users to Alibaba Cloud Coding Plan, OpenRouter, Fireworks AI or another provider. Source: https://qwenlm.github.io/qwen-code-docs/en/users/configuration/auth/ (2026-04-15).

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