Alibaba: Qwen models
Qwen is Alibaba's family of models — open and commercial, from small to flagship, strong in code. How to connect them in SKILLOK.
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Who they are#
Qwen (Tongyi Qianwen) is the family of models from Alibaba. Most of the models come out with open weights and are among the best open models in the world.
Models#
- Qwen of different sizes — from compact to flagship.
- Qwen Coder — models for programming.
- Models that understand images, audio and video.
The exact list and versions change often — current models are visible in the list when you connect a key in SKILLOK, and in the model catalog.
What they are good at#
- Strong open models — you can run them yourself.
- Good at code and multilingual tasks.
- Low prices for the cloud versions.
Access from Russia#
The Alibaba Cloud service works by its own rules; the easiest way is through an intermediary.
Models in the catalog#
Prices, context window and comparison with similar models:
- Qwen3.8 Max Prime — $4 / $12 per million tokens
- Qwen3.8 27B — $0.24 / $2.2 per million tokens
- Qwen3.8 Flash — $0.15 / $0.47 per million tokens
- Qwen3.8 Omni Flash — $0.15 / $0.47 per million tokens
- Qwen3.7 Plus — $0.32 / $1.28 per million tokens
How to connect in SKILLOK#
Qwen models work in SKILLOK through OpenRouter — a qwen/… model.
In detail — Connecting in SKILLOK.
Prices#
Prices per million input and output tokens are on the official page. Through OpenRouter the prices are the same or close; how much you spent is shown in Settings → AI.
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