Is Alibaba Qwen Qwen-Long deprecated?
Yes. Qwen-Long is deprecated and Alibaba Qwen shuts it down on 2026-10-10 — in 19 days.
What kind of model is this?
Tags describe what Qwen-Long takes in, what it is built for and how you can get it. Modality, access and language tags follow Alibaba Qwen's own documentation; tier and use-case tags are our reading of the line-up.
- Modality
- Use case
- Tier
- Access
Specifications
- Input price
- $0.072 / M tokens
- Output price
- $0.287 / M tokens
- Price band
- Budget
- Context window
- unknown
- Max output
- unknown
- Input
- Text
- Output
- Text
- Knowledge cutoff
- unknown
- Tool use
- unknown
- Structured output
- unknown
- Weights licence
- not published
- Model maker
- Alibaba Qwen
“unknown” means the figure has not been published, or we have not verified it yet — never that the answer is no. “not published” under the weights licence means this model is not offered with downloadable weights. The price band is ours: it bands the blended price (three parts input to one part output) as budget (≤ $0.50), standard (≤ $3), premium (≤ $12) or flagship.
Lifecycle
- Released unknown
- Deprecated
- Retired in 19 days
What is it good for?
No editorial profile for this model yet. The specifications above come from Alibaba Qwen's own documentation and the suggestions below are derived from the data — shared tags, tier and price band — not written by hand.
What to use instead of Qwen-Long
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Qwen-Flash (stable alias) Derived
Same provider, same tier (small), similar price; shares chat, coding and agents.
$0.05 in · $0.40 out / M tokens 1M context
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Qwen3.5-Flash Derived
Same provider, same tier (small), similar price; shares chat, coding and agents.
$0.10 in · $0.40 out / M tokens 1M context
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Qwen3.7-Flash Derived
Same provider, same tier (small), similar price; shares chat, coding and agents.
$0.03 in · $0.13 out / M tokens 1M context
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Qwen3.8-Flash Derived
Same provider, same tier (small), similar price; shares chat, coding and agents.
$0.15 in · $0.47 out / M tokens 1M context
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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Derived
Alternative from Google (Gemini), same tier (small), similar price; shares chat, coding and agents.
$0.10 in · $0.40 out / M tokens 1M context
Derived suggestions are ranked from the data — shared tags, the same tier and a comparable price band — not from benchmark scores. Check the capability fit yourself: we track lifecycle, price and specifications.
Sources
- alibabacloud.com https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/model-pricing
- alibabacloud.com https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/model-depreciation
- platform.qianwenai.com https://platform.qianwenai.com/docs/changelog/model-deprecations/old-models
Verified against the source on . Dataset snapshot . Providers can change a date without notice — the link above is always the final word.
Common questions
- Is Qwen-Long deprecated?
- Yes. Qwen-Long is deprecated and Alibaba Qwen shuts it down on 2026-10-10 — in 19 days.
- When does Qwen-Long shut down?
- Alibaba Qwen has announced 2026-10-10 as the shutdown date for Qwen-Long.
- What does Qwen-Long cost?
- $0.072 per million input tokens and $0.287 per million output tokens, as last verified on 2026-09-10.
- What can I use instead of Qwen-Long?
- Active alternatives include Alibaba Qwen Qwen-Flash (stable alias), Alibaba Qwen Qwen3.5-Flash, Alibaba Qwen Qwen3.7-Flash.