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

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Current version

Qwen-Image

Entry cost

Pricing not specified in the provided documentation.

Changes / 30d

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The short answers · verified September 8, 2026

What is the latest version of Qwen-Image?
The current shipped version of Qwen-Image is Qwen-Image, as of September 8, 2026.
How much does Qwen-Image cost?
Qwen-Image has no published flat entry price. Pricing not specified in the provided documentation.
What AI model does Qwen-Image use?
Qwen-Image runs primarily on Qwen.

Source: Alibabaqwen.ai · Reusable under CC BY 4.0 — cite Tomorrow

Capabilities

  • Text rendering
  • Instruction editing
  • Open weights (Apache 2.0)
  • ControlNet
  • vision understanding
  • multimodal
  • open-source
  • multimodal model
  • multilingual
  • text generation
  • image understanding
  • Vision understanding
  • Multimodal
  • Multilingual
  • Vision Understanding
  • Open Source
  • open-weight
  • image input

Pricing

  • Open Source

    Free to download and run locally

    Free

Entry price over time

7/25/2026 · $0.039/8/2026 · $0

Geek mode

Models under the hood

  • Qwen

    Alibaba Group

    disclosed
  • Qwen-Image

    Alibaba

    disclosed
  • Qwen-Image-2

    Alibaba

    disclosed
  • Qwen-VL

    Alibaba

    inferred

Context window

n/a

Public API

yes

Multi-model routing

yes

Stack signals

  • transformers
  • llama.cpp
  • ollama
  • vllm
  • sglang
  • tgi

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 unattributed. Aliases are folded into one model; provider concentration counts only models with an established vendor.

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.

Public market scorecard

Alibaba investor relations

Alibaba trades as NYSE: BABA. Figures below are as reported for Q1 FY2027 on Aug 5, 2026; market levels are the close on Aug 6, 2026 and are a reference marker, not a live quote.

Q1 FY2027 revenue

~¥250B

+9% YoY

Cloud intelligence
+25% YoY
Qwen-driven
Qwen open models
most-downloaded open family

Market reference

Share price~$125
12-month change+40%
Market cap~$300B
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Change history

  • capability

    New capabilities: image input

    17 tracked18 tracked · +image input

    source
  • model

    Qwen-Image added Qwen-VL to its model stack

    Qwen, Qwen-Image, Qwen-Image-2Qwen, Qwen-Image, Qwen-Image-2, Qwen-VL

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: open-weight

    16 tracked17 tracked · +open-weight

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Vision Understanding, Open Source

    14 tracked16 tracked · +Vision Understanding, Open Source

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Vision understanding, Multimodal, Multilingual

    11 tracked14 tracked · +Vision understanding, Multimodal, Multilingual

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: image understanding

    10 tracked11 tracked · +image understanding

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: multilingual, text generation

    8 tracked10 tracked · +multilingual, text generation

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: multimodal model

    72

    source
  • version

    Qwen-Image moved to Qwen-Image

    Qwen-Image-2Qwen-Image

    source
  • model

    Qwen-Image added Qwen-Image to its model stack

    Qwen, Qwen-Image-2Qwen, Qwen-Image, Qwen-Image-2

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: open-source

    63

    source
  • model

    Qwen-Image added Qwen to its model stack

    Qwen-Image-2Qwen, Qwen-Image-2

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: vision understanding, multimodal

    42

    source
  • version

    Qwen-Image-2 released under Apache 2.0

    Qwen-ImageQwen-Image-2

    source
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How to cite this page

Free to cite and reuse under CC BY 4.0. Permalink: https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/qwen-image

APA
Tomorrow. (2026). Qwen-Image — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-09-17, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/qwen-image
BibTeX
@misc{tomorrow-tools-qwen-image,
  author       = {{Tomorrow}},
  title        = {Qwen-Image — version, pricing and model stack},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {AlienSquad},
  howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/qwen-image}},
  note         = {Accessed: 2026-09-17}
}