{"id":262800,"date":"2026-06-02T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/alibabas-qwen3-7-plus-supports-text-video-and-imagery-inputs-at-low-cost-of-0-4-1-6-per-1m-token-but-its-proprietary\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T06:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:40:13","slug":"alibabas-qwen3-7-plus-supports-text-video-and-imagery-inputs-at-low-cost-of-0-4-1-6-per-1m-token-but-its-proprietary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/alibabas-qwen3-7-plus-supports-text-video-and-imagery-inputs-at-low-cost-of-0-4-1-6-per-1m-token-but-its-proprietary\/","title":{"rendered":"Alibaba’s Qwen3.7-Plus supports text, video and imagery inputs at low cost of $0.4\/$1.6 per 1M token \u2014 but it’s proprietary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alibaba’s Qwen3.7-Plus supports text, video and imagery inputs at low cost of $0.4\/$1.6 per 1M token \u2014 but it’s proprietary<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/technology\/alibabas-qwen3-7-plus-supports-text-video-and-imagery-inputs-at-low-cost-of-0-4-1-6-per-1m-token-but-its-proprietary<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-02 18:40:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: venturebeat.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Alibaba this week released Qwen3.7-Plus, the latest AI large language model (LLM) in its globally beloved and increasingly expansive Qwen family, boasting more multimodal capabilities and a 60% lower cost than the prior, text-only Qwen3.7-Max model released just weeks ago. <\/p>\n

However, like its immediate predecessor Qwen3.7-Plus is available only under a “closed” commercial license via proprietary application programming interfaces (API) and Qwen Chat. <\/p>\n

That marks a big departure from the Qwen strategy to date, which was focused mainly on releasing powerful,near state-of-the-art open source models. Those enterprises and users who relied on the open source Qwen models \u2014 among them, U.S. giants such as Airbnb \u2014 will no doubt be disappointed to see that Alibaba is going closed for its newer releases.<\/p>\n

Still, the model is worth a look because of its low cost and high performance on multimodal tasks like creating enterprise-grade visuals or analyzing video, imagery and screenshots, which Qwen3.7-Max cannot do (it’s text-only). It is among the cheaper powerful AI models available now, coming in price-wise just above Chinese rival’s new MiniMax-M3’s limited-time discount pricing. <\/p>\n

VentureBeat Frontier AI Model API Pricing Snapshot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Model<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Input<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Output<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Total Cost<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Source<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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MiMo-V2.5 Flash<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$0.10<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$0.30<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

$0.40<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Xiaomi MiMo<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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deepseek-v4-flash<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$0.14<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

$0.28<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$0.42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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DeepSeek<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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deepseek-v4-pro<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$0.435<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$0.87<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$1.305<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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DeepSeek<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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MiniMax-M3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$0.30<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$1.20<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$1.50<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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MiniMax<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Qwen3.7-Plus<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$0.40<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$1.60<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$2.00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Alibaba Cloud<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$0.25<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$1.50<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$1.75<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Google<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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MiMo-V2.5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$0.40<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$2.00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$2.40<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Xiaomi MiMo<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Grok 4.3 low context<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$1.25<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$2.50<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$3.75<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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xAI<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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GLM-5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$1.00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$3.20<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$4.20<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Z.ai<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Kimi-K2.6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$0.95<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$4.00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$4.95<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Moonshot\/Kimi<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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GLM-5.1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$1.40<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$4.40<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$5.80<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Z.ai<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Grok 4.3 high context<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$2.50<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$5.00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$7.50<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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xAI<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Qwen3.7-Max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$2.50<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$7.50<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$10.00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Alibaba Cloud<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Gemini 3.5 Flash<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$1.50<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$9.00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

$10.50<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Google<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview \u2264200K<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$2.00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$12.00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$14.00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Google<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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GPT-5.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$2.50<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$15.00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$17.50<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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OpenAI<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview 200K<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$4.00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$18.00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$22.00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Google<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Claude Opus…<\/h2>\n

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