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Alibaba launches Qwen-Image-3.0 with open API, text-to-image from 0.18 yuan per image
Alibaba launched Qwen-Image-3.0, its latest image generation model, on the Qwen AI platform on August 5 with open APIs for the Pro and Standard editions and text-to-image pricing starting at 0.18 yuan per image. The model ranks first among domestic Chinese models on Arena.ai's latest text-to-image leaderboard and is already embedded in commercial workflows such as e-commerce images, film storyboards and advertising posters.
On August 5, Alibaba's Qwen image generation model Qwen-Image-3.0 officially launched on the Qwen AI platform and opened to all users. The flagship Pro and standard Standard editions are available via open API, with text-to-image starting at 0.18 yuan per image and overseas access through Qwen Cloud.
On the latest text-to-image leaderboard at Arena.ai, the model ranks first among domestic Chinese models.
Qwen-Image-3.0 focuses on ultra-long text understanding and refined rendering, supporting up to 4.5k token instruction input and generating complex layouts such as storyboards, exam papers and nine-grid knowledge charts in one pass. It can reproduce 10px small text and full-page LaTeX academic formulas, renders skin and hair close to real photography, and supports seamless restoration of ancient paintings.
The model covers more than 100 art styles, renders natively in 12 languages, and builds in world knowledge and web search capabilities.
It has already been embedded in commercial workflows including e-commerce product images, film storyboards, advertising posters and architectural rendering.
On pricing, Standard editions cost 0.18 yuan per image at both 1K and 2K resolutions; Pro editions cost 0.25 yuan and 0.5 yuan per image at 1K and 2K respectively, while image editing input starts at as low as 0.02 yuan per image.
As the latest iteration of Alibaba's image generation lineup, Qwen-Image-3.0 enters the market with fully open APIs and an aggressive low-price strategy — whether it can sustain the Qwen series' competitiveness in commercial text-to-image is the next thing to watch.
Why it matters
Qwen-Image-3.0 enters the market with fully open APIs and pricing from 0.18 yuan per image, intensifying competition in the commercial text-to-image segment.
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