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Usage based API
Monthly equivalent; full period paid upfront
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View source and termsUsage based API
Billed by usage; no assumed monthly cost
Understand the fit and limits
Use cases
For developers who need standard API access in custom applications, automation or programmatic calls; a separate Key/Base URL from Token Plan, billed by actual usage. Prefer this when an individual subscription does not fit the usage scope (backend, batch or shared use).
Keep in mind
Exact per-model prices are not individually verified (published on dynamic pages); no estimated unit price is given here. Text/image/video/speech/embedding use their real billing units and are not forced into a per-million-token figure.
Entitlements and usage
- Benefits
- Text: Billed per million tokens with input/output priced separately; some models tier by total input tokens per request and all tokens in that request bill at the matched tier. Batch API input/output is 50% of real-time; cached input gets a model-specific discount (batch and cache discounts do not combine); thinking tokens count as output. Image: Billed per input image and per successfully generated output image; some models tier output by resolution; failed requests are not charged. Video: Billed per second of generated video; some models also bill input video per second and vary by resolution/mode/aspect ratio; failed requests are not charged. TTS: Billed per 10,000 input characters; output is not charged; CJK han characters count as 2. STT: Billed per second of audio input; output is not charged. Embedding/rerank: Billed per million input tokens; output is not charged; Batch-capable models bill input at 50% of real-time. Built-in tools: Built-in tools bill separately: Web Search $10/1K calls, Image Search $8/1K calls, Web Extractor and Code Interpreter free for a limited time; function calling and MCP have no tool fees.
- Tool compatibility and access
- custom-application: API key access
- Purchase eligibility and channels
- Global · Available · developer_api_access · Token Plan 与按量付费 API 使用不同的 API Key 与 Base URL，权益与计费相互独立。 按量付费 API 可用于自建应用后端与程序化调用，与仅限交互式工具使用的 Token Plan 不同。
- Source notes and limits
- Pay-as-you-go API using a different API Key and Base URL from Token Plan, billed by actual usage. Text is per million tokens (input/output priced separately, some tiered); images per image; video per second; TTS per 10k characters, STT per second; embeddings per million input tokens. Batch input/output is 50% of real-time and cached input gets a model-specific discount (batch and cache do not combine). Exact per-model prices are published on dynamic official pages and are not individually verified yet.
API input and output pricing
Input and output rates for the applicable models are unavailable. View model prices
Supported models
These are reference API prices for the models, not additional plan charges or rates for consuming plan allowances. Only models with records in the current catalog are shown. Check the official plan terms for model availability, allowances and limits.
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QwenCloud Pay-as-you-go API · Individual plan · Usage based
Offers to check before buying
Current QwenCloud offers
Referral: earn $4 per friend's first payment
Share your link and earn $4 after a friend's first payment. This is a referral commission for the inviter, not a purchase discount that all users can claim directly.
End date not announced
Night Credits discount (per model)
Between 22:00 and 08:00 (UTC+8): Individual qwen3.8-max and qwen3.8-flash get 60% off Credits; deepseek-v4-pro-0813, deepseek-v4-flash-0731 and deepseek-v4.1-flash get 50% off (Individual and Team). The discount applies only to these exact model IDs, not all models; marked limited-time with no published end date.
End date not announced
Token Plan limited-time offer (around 40% off)
Individual limited-time prices: Lite $6 (was $8), Essential $10 (was $16), Standard $18 (was $25), Pro $68 (was $80); Team limited-time prices: Standard Seat $20 (was $30), Pro Seat $75 (was $100), Max Seat $200 has no discount. The team promotion applies to monthly new purchases, renewals, auto-renewals, seat additions and upgrades; annual subscriptions are not eligible. Marked 'Limited-time' with no published end date.
End date not announced
Offers are matched by brand and may not apply to this plan. Check the official entry or app for eligibility and scope.
Payment is completed with the provider. Final prices, eligibility and after-sales terms are set by the purchase page.
Sources and verification
Last fact check: 2026-10-13T09:00:00.000Z
Data generation is not a fact check. If information differs, check the latest official source.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does QwenCloud Pay-as-you-go API cost?
- QwenCloud Pay-as-you-go API is priced at Usage based API · Monthly equivalent; full period paid upfront.
- Which models does QwenCloud Pay-as-you-go API support?
- Representative models: .
- When was QwenCloud Pay-as-you-go API's price last verified?
- CreditsPlan last verified this plan on 2026-10-13 against www.qwencloud.com; the vendor's official site prevails.