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Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)OPEN
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) (Alibaba): live API pricing, context window and the best open-source alternatives, tracked daily by OpenSourceAI.tech.
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About this model
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) is an open-weight AI model by Alibaba. You can download and self-host it for free; the prices below are hosted-API list prices, tracked hourly, for when you prefer convenience over self-hosting.
Frequently asked questions
What is Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)?
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) is an AI language model from Alibaba. It is open-weight: you can download it and run it on your own hardware, for free.
Is Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) free?
The weights are free and open — you can self-host Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) and pay nothing per token. If you prefer a hosted API, list prices are $0.4 per million input tokens and $1.2 per million output tokens.
Can I self-host Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)?
Yes. Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) has open weights, so you can download it and run it on your own GPU or server with tools like Ollama, vLLM or llama.cpp — with no per-token cost.
Open-source alternatives
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