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Why use Qwen3-Coder-Plus on OpenRouter?
OpenRouter offers Qwen3-Coder-Plus with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.65/1M input tokens. OpenRouter is a multi-provider LLM aggregator offering unified API access to 300+ models from all major labs and emerging providers, with automatic failover for reliability.
Compare Qwen3-Coder-Plus across 3 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Docs fallbackUse the provider REST API or SDKCreate a provider API keymodel: qwen/qwen3-coder-plusqwen/qwen3-coder-plusRequest example
qwen/qwen3-coder-plus.Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "qwen/qwen3-coder-plus", not the LLMReference slug "qwen3-coder-plus".
Compare Qwen3-Coder-Plus Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS | $1.00 | $5.00 |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $1.00 | $5.00 |
| OpenRouter | $0.65 | $3.25 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.65 |
| Output tokens | $3.25 |
Capabilities
About Qwen3-Coder-Plus
Qwen3-Coder-Plus is Alibaba's premium API-only code generation model in the Qwen3-Coder family, released September 23, 2025 via DashScope (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio). It is not an open-weight model. Supports 1 million token context with up to 65,536 output tokens. Built for autonomous programming and agentic workflows with strong coding agent capabilities: tool invocation, environment interaction, multi-turn context management, and context cache for repetitive prefixes. Pricing is tiered by context length: input $1-$6 per 1M tokens, output $5-$60 per 1M tokens. Available via DashScope API (qwen3-coder-plus or versioned alias qwen3-coder-plus-2025-09-23) and Vercel AI Gateway (alibaba/qwen3-coder-plus).