Alibaba Cloud: Qwen3-VL Plus

Qwen3 VL Plus combines visual interpretation with a long conversation context. It suits document and image analysis where a screenshot, chart, or page must be understood together with substantial written background.

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qwen3-vl-plus

AvailableAlibaba CloudChat

Input / Output: $0.20 / $1.60
Context: 260K
Max output: 32K
Modalities: VisionChat
Capabilities: Prompt Cache

About Qwen3-VL Plus

Qwen3-VL Plus is the hosted vision-language tier of Alibaba's Qwen3-VL series. The series covers recognition of PC and mobile interface elements, text recognition in 32 languages, spatial grounding, and video understanding over hours of footage. It takes image input and supports prompt caching, which suits analysis of pages and charts alongside long text.

Where it works well

Recognizes interface elements in screenshots and describes what each one does.
Reads text in 32 languages, including in poor conditions.
Spatial perception for object positions and 3D grounding.
Video understanding with long-footage recall.

When to choose another model

Qwen3.8 and Qwen3.7-Plus are newer vision-capable models.
Output is text only, so it describes images but cannot draw, edit, or generate them.

Getting started

Create API key
Create a key in Console, then use it with every model on the platform.

Send your first request

Copy the example for your language and run it against the endpoint.

Text to textMessages API

POST/v1/messages

API format:

curl https://api.tokenlab.sh/v1/messages \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: sk-xxx" \
  -H "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen3-vl-plus",
    "max_tokens": 1024,
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
  }'

Pricing

The Verified price applies to Verified, which costs less on most models. The Official price is the model maker's published price and applies to the more reliable Official route. Auto bills the route that completes the request.

Input tokens <= 32K

per 1M tokens

Official price: Input $0.20 / Output $1.60 / Cache read $0.04 / Cache write $0.25 / Text Input $0.20 / Text Output $1.60
Verified price: —
Discount: —

Input tokens <= 128K

per 1M tokens

Official price: Input $0.30 / Output $2.40 / Cache read $0.06 / Cache write $0.375 / Text Input $0.30 / Text Output $2.40
Verified price: —
Discount: —

Input tokens <= 256K

per 1M tokens

Official price: Input $0.60 / Output $4.80 / Cache read $0.12 / Cache write $0.75 / Text Input $0.60 / Text Output $4.80
Verified price: —
Discount: —

Prompt cache pricing

Cache read

Official price: $0.04
Verified price: —
Discount: —

Cache write

Official price: $0.25
Verified price: —
Discount: —

	Official priceper 1M tokens	Verified priceper 1M tokens	Discount
Input tokens <= 32K	Input $0.20 / Output $1.60 / Cache read $0.04 / Cache write $0.25 / Text Input $0.20 / Text Output $1.60	—	—
Input tokens <= 128K	Input $0.30 / Output $2.40 / Cache read $0.06 / Cache write $0.375 / Text Input $0.30 / Text Output $2.40	—	—
Input tokens <= 256K	Input $0.60 / Output $4.80 / Cache read $0.12 / Cache write $0.75 / Text Input $0.60 / Text Output $4.80	—	—
Prompt cache pricing
Cache read	$0.04	—	—
Cache write	$0.25	—	—

Usage & activity

Success rate is the share of requests that completed. Latency is how long a full response takes; P95 means 95% of requests finished within that time.

Usage & availability

Last 24 hours

Requests
Success rate
P95 latency
Total tokens

Model performance

Last updated Nov 1, 2026, 6:34 AM UTC

Metrics appear once privacy and data volume thresholds are met.

Data is based on aggregate user requests, excluding status checks.

Open in Console

Open Qwen3-VL Plus in Console with a prompt ready to edit or send.

Help me try qwen3-vl-plus with a short message at /v1/messages. Show the reply, latency, and cost.

Use cases

Best for

Vision

OCR and form extraction
Pull vendor, date, and totals from scanned receipts and forms in many languages, and return them as structured fields for a ledger.
Chart and table interpretation
Explain what a chart shows, flag misleading axes, and turn a table image into rows that can be checked against the source.
GUI element location
Find buttons and fields in an interface screenshot and describe where they sit, as input for an automation agent.
Long video review
Ask for a timeline of events in a lengthy recording, such as a meeting capture, a product demo, or surveillance-style footage.

Prompt examples

Extract vendor, date, and total from this Japanese receipt.

Draw conclusions from this chart and flag misleading axes.

Where is the Submit button in this screenshot? Give its position.

This model has conditional pricing. Monthly token totals alone cannot produce a reliable estimate; use the detailed pricing for the request specification, cache, and applicable time window.

FAQ

What is Qwen3-VL Plus?

It is the hosted, higher-tier model of Alibaba's Qwen3-VL series for understanding images and video together with text. The series is built around visual agents, text recognition, spatial reasoning, and long-video recall.

Which languages can it read inside images?

Alibaba lists text recognition in 32 languages for Qwen3-VL, including in difficult conditions such as blur, low light, or tilted pages. Quality still varies by script and image quality.

Can Qwen3-VL Plus handle video?

Yes. Video understanding is a headline feature of the Qwen3-VL series, which Alibaba describes as recalling content across hours-long footage. Ask for timestamps to locate events in the recording.

Can it find interface elements?

Yes. The Qwen3-VL series recognizes interface elements and their functions on PC and mobile screens, so it can say where a button sits in a screenshot. Acting on the interface is left to your own automation code.

Is there a newer vision option from Alibaba?

Yes. Qwen3.7-Plus and the Qwen3.8 models are newer multimodal models. Keep Qwen3-VL Plus if your prompts are tuned to it and the results are good.

How much does Qwen3-VL Plus cost?

On TokenLab, Qwen3-VL Plus costs Input $0.20 / Output $1.60 per 1M tokens. The pricing table above shows the full breakdown. Rates depend on the billing unit, specification, and usage. Compare matching conditions in the model's detailed pricing; a single rate does not determine the total cost.

What are the context window and output limit of Qwen3-VL Plus?

Qwen3-VL Plus accepts up to 260,096 tokens of context and returns up to 32,768 tokens in one response.

Which endpoint should Qwen3-VL Plus use?

Use https://api.tokenlab.sh/v1/messages for Qwen3-VL Plus. The request example below shows the matching code shape.

Which operations does Qwen3-VL Plus support?

Qwen3-VL Plus supports Text to text. Select an operation above to see its endpoint and request example.