# 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.

## 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](https://skillok.org/docs/en/ai-models/models).

## 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](https://skillok.org/docs/en/ai-models/models/qwen3-8-max-prime) — $4 / $12 per million tokens
* [Qwen3.8 27B](https://skillok.org/docs/en/ai-models/models/qwen3-8-27b) — $0.24 / $2.2 per million tokens
* [Qwen3.8 Flash](https://skillok.org/docs/en/ai-models/models/qwen3-8-flash) — $0.15 / $0.47 per million tokens
* [Qwen3.8 Omni Flash](https://skillok.org/docs/en/ai-models/models/qwen3-8-omni-flash) — $0.15 / $0.47 per million tokens
* [Qwen3.7 Plus](https://skillok.org/docs/en/ai-models/models/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](https://skillok.org/docs/en/ai-models/connecting-in-skillok).

## Prices

Prices per million input and output tokens are on the [official page](https://www.alibabacloud.com/en/product/modelstudio). Through OpenRouter the prices are the same or close; how much you spent is shown in **Settings → AI**.

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