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Alibaba Cloud
Qwen3.5-Plus
Alibaba Cloud’s balanced Qwen3.5 tier that adds text, image, and video inputs at a much lower price than flagship Qwen3-Max.
Overall score
87
multimodalbalancedqwen
Context window
1M tokens
Speed
Fast
Input pricing
$0.40 / 1M input tokens (≤256K prompts)
Output pricing
$2.40 / 1M output tokens (≤256K prompts)
Score breakdown
Capability86
Use-case fit89
Cost efficiency91
Speed90
Reliability85
Agent readiness86
Ecosystem80
Scores combine benchmark signals, product experience, and editorial weighting. Use them as a practical guide, not an absolute truth claim.
Best for
ResearchAgent automation
Works with
Alibaba Cloud Model Studiomultimodal Qwen appscost-aware assistant tiers
Modalities
textimagevideo
Sources & trust
Officially verified core fields
Official linkSummaryDescriptionModalitiesModality profileContext windowPricingPricing page
Editorial fields such as shortlist guidance, strengths, caveats, and scoring remain clearly separated from official provider data.
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio
Official site · Tier 5 · Apr 13, 2026
Official link
Alibaba Cloud supported models overview
Official docs · Tier 5 · Apr 13, 2026
SummaryDescriptionModalitiesModality profileContext window
Alibaba Cloud model pricing
Pricing page · Tier 5 · Apr 13, 2026
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Qwen3.5-Plus VerdictLens review
Manual review · Tier 3 · Apr 9, 2026
Best-fit guidanceWorks-with guidanceStrengthsCaveatsOverall scoreScore breakdown
Last verified: Apr 13, 2026
Strengths
- Covers the practical middle of the commercial Qwen family with multimodal support.
- Strong price/performance story relative to the flagship model.
Things to watch
- Official docs are less familiar to many English-first buyers than US vendor docs.
- Some capability details are presented across multiple Alibaba docs rather than one compact page.
Best for
Research synthesis & analyst workflows
Prioritize source grounding, multilingual reading, long-context reasoning, and a retrieval stack that stays inspectable.
Agent automation & operations
Prioritize tool reliability, composability, secret handling, and robust state management across long-running flows.