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Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) API Pricing
Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) costs $0.260 per 1M input tokens and $0.780 per 1M output tokens. Context window: 1M. Prices verified 2026-08-23 Β· source
Input / 1M tokens
$0.260
Output / 1M tokens
$0.780
Context window
1M
Max output
33K
What would Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) cost you per month?
| Workload | Requests/mo | Avg tokens (in/out) | Est. monthly cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light chatbot | 10,000 | 800 / 400 | $5.20 |
| Coding agent | 5,000 | 8,000 / 2,000 | $18.20 |
| RAG pipeline | 30,000 | 4,000 / 500 | $42.90 |
| Doc summarizer | 2,000 | 20,000 / 1,000 | $11.96 |
Estimates use list prices without prompt caching. Caching can cut input cost by up to 90% on repeated context.
About Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Qwen Plus 0728, based on the Qwen3 foundation model, is a 1 million context hybrid reasoning model with a balanced performance, speed, and cost combination.
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