Qwen (Alibaba) · Cheap + Fast
Qwen Vl Ocr
qwen/qwen-vl-ocr — Qwen (Alibaba)'s cheap + fast model, accessible through Leanroute's OpenAI-compatible AI Gateway. Pay provider list price with zero per-request markup; flat $15/mo BYOK subscription covers the platform fee.
Pricing snapshot: August 2026. Re-validated monthly against the upstream Qwen (Alibaba) pricing page.
Pricing
| Type | USD per 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.043 |
| Cached input (0% off) | $0.043 |
| Output tokens | $0.072 |
Leanroute's markup: $0. You pay the provider list price above, plus a flat $15/mo BYOK subscription (or 5% at top-up for prepaid credits). Compare pricing at /calculator.
Capabilities
Example request
curl https://api.leanroute.dev/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $LEANROUTE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "qwen/qwen-vl-ocr",
"messages": [
{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello, Qwen Vl Ocr!" }
]
}'OpenAI-wire-compatible — point any OpenAI SDK at api.leanroute.dev/v1 and set model: "qwen/qwen-vl-ocr". Full endpoint reference at /docs/api.
Other Qwen (Alibaba) models
- Qwen Max$1.60/$6.40 · Flagship
- Qwen 3.8 Max$2.00/$6.40 · Flagship
- Qwen Plus$0.180/$0.420 · Cheap + Fast
- Qwen 3.7 Plus$0.400/$1.60 · Cheap + Fast
- Qwen 2.5 Vl 72b Instruct$0.800/$1.00 · Flagship
- Qwen Vl Max$0.800/$3.20 · Flagship
- Qwen 3.7 Max$1.65/$4.95 · Flagship
- Qwen 3.5 Flash$0.115/$1.15 · Cheap + Fast
- Qwen Mt Plus$0.259/$0.775 · Flagship
- Qwen Mt Flash$0.101/$0.280 · Cheap + Fast
Same-tier alternatives across providers
- GPT 4o Mini$0.150/$0.600 · OpenAI
- GPT 5 Nano$0.050/$0.400 · OpenAI
- GPT 5.6 Luna$1.00/$6.00 · OpenAI
- Claude Haiku 4 5$1.00/$5.00 · Anthropic
- Gemini 2.5 Flash$0.300/$2.50 · Google
- Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite$0.100/$0.400 · Google
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$0.300/$2.50 · Google
- Gemini 3.6 Flash$1.50/$7.50 · Google
Leanroute's router picks the cheapest same-tier model automatically when cheaper-model routing is on. Config at /dashboard/settings.
See also: Full model catalog · API reference · Savings calculator · Leanroute pricing