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Qwen

Qwen is Alibaba's large language model family, including Qwen3-Max, Qwen3.5-Plus, Qwen3.5-Flash, Qwen3-VL (vision), Qwen-Coder, Qwen-Audio, and Qwen open-source weights. APIs are exposed via Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (DashScope) with per-token pricing across multiple regions. The qwen.ai consumer site fronts the chat product.

Qwen publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Embeddings API, Models API, Chat Completions API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Artificial Intelligence, LLM, Inference, Open Source, and Alibaba.

Qwen’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, GitHub presence, engineering blog, and 7 more developer resources.

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30.6/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 18/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-04 · rubric v0.23.0
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
1 published contract
Artificial IntelligenceLLMInferenceOpen SourceAlibabaMulti-ModalFoundation Models

Kin Score

Kin Score Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-10-04 · rubric v0.23.0
Composite quality — 30.6/100 · thin
Contract Quality 8.3 / 19
Developer Ergonomics 3.6 / 15
Access Clarity 5.9 / 15
Operational Transparency 1.3 / 10
Contract Governance 0.0 / 9
Discoverability 5.0 / 8
Regulatory Posture 1.6 / 15
Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 18/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
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The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.
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Standards implemented 1

Interfaces this provider implements that became standards by being copied rather than ratified. Each is profiled by the API Commons, and the evidence column says how the claim was established — not that it was made.

The OpenAI Interface reaches extended
declared — publishes a spec that declares them
2 core of 338 operations graded · api-commons/models

APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

DashScope (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio) API

Native Alibaba Cloud Model Studio API serving the Qwen model family. Provides chat completions, multimodal vision, embeddings, audio (TTS/ASR), image generation, video generatio...

Qwen Embeddings API

The Embeddings API from Qwen — 1 operation(s) for embeddings.

Qwen Models API

The Models API from Qwen — 1 operation(s) for models.

Qwen Chat Completions API

The Chat Completions API from Qwen — 1 operation(s) for chat completions.

Open Collections 5

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Qwen via Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (DashScope) Chat API

OPEN COLLECTION

Qwen via Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (DashScope) Chat Embeddings API

OPEN COLLECTION

Qwen via Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (DashScope) Chat Models API

OPEN COLLECTION

Qwen via Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (DashScope)

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Qwen Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Qwen Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Qwen Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Qwen Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Qwen Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Qwen Agentic Access

3 operations · 2 acting

3 operations · 2 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: qwen
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qwen/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Qwen
kind: company
description: Qwen is Alibaba's large language model family, including Qwen3-Max, Qwen3.5-Plus, Qwen3.5-Flash, Qwen3-VL (vision),
  Qwen-Coder, Qwen-Audio, and Qwen open-source weights. APIs are exposed via Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (DashScope) with per-token
  pricing across multiple regions. The qwen.ai consumer site fronts the chat product.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/qwen.png
tags:
- Artificial Intelligence
- LLM
- Inference
- Open Source
- Alibaba
- Multi-Modal
- Foundation Models
tags_raw:
- AI
- LLM
- Inference
- Open Source
- Alibaba
- Multimodal
- Open-Source
- Foundation Models
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-08'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: qwen:dashscope
  name: DashScope (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio) API
  description: Native Alibaba Cloud Model Studio API serving the Qwen model family. Provides chat completions, multimodal
    vision, embeddings, audio (TTS/ASR), image generation, video generation, function calling, and tool use. Both DashScope-native
    and OpenAI-compatible endpoints. Multiple regional base URLs (Singapore, US-Virginia, HK, Frankfurt, Beijing).
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio
  baseURL: https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1
  tags:
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - LLM
  - Chat Completions
  - Vision
  - Embeddings
  - Audio
  - Image Generation
  - Video Generation
  - OpenAI-Compatible
  tags_raw:
  - AI
  - LLM
  - Chat Completions
  - Vision
  - Embeddings
  - Audio
  - Image Generation
  - Video Generation
  - OpenAI Compatible
  - Image-Generation
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio
  - type: Signup
    url: https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/modelstudio
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/models
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/QwenLM
  - type: ConsumerWebsite
    url: https://qwen.ai/
  - type: SingaporeBaseURL
    url: https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1
  - type: USBaseURL
    url: https://dashscope-us.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1
  - type: HongKongBaseURL
    url: https://cn-hongkong.dashscope.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1
  - type: BeijingBaseURL
    url: https://dashscope.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1
- aid: qwen:qwen-embeddings-api
  name: Qwen Embeddings API
  description: The Embeddings API from Qwen — 1 operation(s) for embeddings.
  humanURL: https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio
  baseURL: https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1
  tags:
  - Embeddings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/qwen-embeddings-api-openapi.yml
- aid: qwen:qwen-models-api
  name: Qwen Models API
  description: The Models API from Qwen — 1 operation(s) for models.
  humanURL: https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio
  baseURL: https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1
  tags:
  - Models
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/qwen-models-api-openapi.yml
- aid: qwen:qwen-chat-completions-api
  name: Qwen Chat Completions API
  description: The Chat Completions API from Qwen — 1 operation(s) for chat completions.
  humanURL: https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio
  baseURL: https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1
  tags:
  - Chat Completions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/qwen-chat-completions-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/qwen-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/qwen-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/qwen-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qwen
- type: Website
  url: https://qwen.ai/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/QwenLM
- type: Plans
  url: plans/qwen-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/qwen-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/qwen-finops.yml
- url: https://qwenlm.github.io/blog/index.xml
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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