Primary use stated or inferred cautiously from official documentation.
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ALIBABA QWEN / qwen-image-2.1-pro
Qwen Image 2.1 Pro
Image generation and editing service added to Alibaba Cloud's international catalog on October 2, 2026. The Qwen Image 2.1 family combines text-based creation, localized editing and native transparency, with a visual component of 7 billion parameters. This profile identifies the Pro API variant, not the base model's downloadable weights.
01 / SUMMARY
The essential
Maximum input capacity when published by the source.
Documented maximum generation limit.
Verified availability channels.
Primary functional family and verified specialties.
Declared terms for API access, model weights, or self-hosting.
02 / TECHNICAL SHEET
Limits and integration
| API ID | qwen-image-2.1-pro |
|---|---|
| Model type | Image |
| Access model | Paid proprietary |
| License | Proprietary |
| Deployment | Hosted API |
| Release | 02 OCT 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Not published |
| Entrance | Text · Image |
| Exit | Image |
| Context window | Not published |
| maximum output | Not published |
| Reasoning | Not published |
| Published tools | Image generation · Image editing · Multiple references |
| Structured Outings | Not published |
| Batch processing | Not published |
| Prompt cache | Not published |
| Fine-tuning | Not published |
| Verified platforms | Alibaba Cloud Model Studio |
Transparent cutouts, product composition, posters and reference-guided retouching. The release documentation describes up to ten reference images; check your region's operational limit before designing an integration. Review text, identity and the alpha channel in results without assuming perfect fidelity.
The base model with published weights appeared on September 20; October 2 refers to Pro's international availability. We do not extrapolate its license or inference parameters to the API. Pro's prompt, resolution and output-count limits are not confirmed in a dedicated API reference.
03 / CAPABILITIES
What it can do
Orientation
Transparent cutouts, product composition, posters and reference-guided retouching. The release documentation describes up to ten reference images; check your region's operational limit before designing an integration. Review text, identity and the alpha channel in results without assuming perfect fidelity.
Context
Not published · Not published
Tools and integration
Image generation · Image editing · Multiple references
Access
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio
Input modalities
TextImage
04 / PRICES
Documented cost
| Concept | Worth | Unit/condition |
|---|---|---|
| Standard input | Not published | Standard API rate |
| Cached input | Not published | Reading reused prefixes |
| Cache write or storage | Not published | The condition varies by provider |
| Standard output | 0.04 USD / image (Singapore) | May include reasoning tokens |
| Batch input | Not published | Asynchronous processing |
| Batch output | Not published | Asynchronous processing |
Official price per output image: 0.04 USD in Singapore and 0.035333 USD in Beijing, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Virginia and Tokyo. Singapore's free quota is ten images and is subject to conditions. This is not a per-token rate; check regional prices and availability before budgeting.
i Prices change and may depend on level, region or context length. Check the source before making a decision.
05 / EVALUATIONS
How to read the results
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Evaluate instruction following, legibility, consistency across references, masks and transparency with your own examples. We do not attribute base-model or Qwen Image 3.0 scores to the Pro API variant. Record region, cost per usable result and latency: a compact architecture does not by itself guarantee better performance in your application.
i We have not verified public benchmark scores for the qwen-image-2.1-pro API variant.
Inferama only highlights a “best result” when the metric, test set, configuration, and date allow for an equivalent comparison. The supplier's figures are presented as claims from its own source.
06 / VERSIONS
Chronology
Qwen Image 2.1 Pro
Version added to Inferama's verified catalog.
07 / SOURCES