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Qwen-Image

Alibaba · #7 most active of 19 in Image

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A 20B image model released under Apache 2.0, notable for accurate text rendering in Chinese and English.

Current version

Qwen-Image-2

Entry cost

Free weights, Model Studio per image

Changes / 30d

1

Capabilities

  • Text rendering
  • Instruction editing
  • Open weights (Apache 2.0)
  • ControlNet

Pricing

  • Open weights

    Free

  • API per image

    $0.03

Entry price over time

Not enough pricing history yet — we start charting from the second observation.

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Models under the hood

  • Qwen-Image-2

    Alibaba

    disclosed

Context window

n/a

Public API

yes

Multi-model routing

no

Stack signals

  • Open weights
  • Diffusers support
  • Model Studio

Shared model stack

Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.

green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unknown

Reported scale

Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.

No public usage figure on record for this product.

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Change history

  • version

    Qwen-Image-2 released under Apache 2.0

    Qwen-ImageQwen-Image-2

    source