Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)

Name: Alibaba Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Price: 0.26 USD
Availability: InStock
Author: Alibaba

alibaba/qwen-plus-2025-07-28:thinking

Qwen Plus 0728, based on the Qwen3 foundation model, is a 1 million context hybrid reasoning model with a balanced performance, speed, and cost combination.

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Input price: $0.26USD / 1M tokens
Output price: $0.78USD / 1M tokens
Context window: N/A
Max output: 32.8K

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Specifications

Pricing

Input: $0.26 / 1M tokens
Output: $0.78 / 1M tokens

Context & modalities

Max output: 32,768 tokens
Input: Text
Output: Text

Capabilities

Chat: Supported
Vision: Not supported
Reasoning: Supported
Structured output: Supported
Function calling: Supported
Audio input: Not supported

Access

Provider: Alibaba
Model ID: alibaba/qwen-plus-2025-07-28:thinking
Execution: sync
Base URL: https://api.sandbase.ai
API: Chat Completions API
Endpoint: /v1/chat/completions

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Chat Completions API endpoint

https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/chat/completions

Model ID

alibaba/qwen-plus-2025-07-28:thinking

# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
  -X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/chat/completions" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
  "model": "alibaba/qwen-plus-2025-07-28:thinking",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Hello"
    }
  ],
  "max_tokens": 2048
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
printf '%s\n' "$result"

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Questions

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How do I call Alibaba Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) through SandBase?

Create a SandBase API key, then send requests with the model ID "alibaba/qwen-plus-2025-07-28:thinking" to Chat Completions API (/v1/chat/completions) at https://api.sandbase.ai. The request examples on this page show the exact payload.

How much does Alibaba Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) cost?

$0.26 per 1M input tokens and $0.78 per 1M output tokens, billed per request from your SandBase balance. Discounts, when available, are shown in the pricing on this page.

Which features does Alibaba Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) support?

Alibaba Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) supports reasoning, function calling, structured output. See Specifications above for the full list.

Do I need a separate Alibaba account?

No. One SandBase API key and balance gives you access to Alibaba Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) and the other models in the catalog; you do not need to sign up with Alibaba separately.