Qwen Image Edit

Qwen Image Edit is Alibaba's intelligent image editing model. Transform, retouch, and reimagine existing images using text prompts - from background replacement to artistic style conversion.
alibaba/qwen-image-edit

Qwen Image Edit is Alibaba's intelligent image editing model. Transform, retouch, and reimagine existing images using text prompts - from background replacement to artistic style conversion.

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Input
The prompt to generate the image with

PNG, JPEG, WebP, or GIF · 20 MiB maximum

The URL of the image to edit.
Additional Settings More

Customize your input with more control.

0.011
Strength of the image-to-image transformation. Lower values preserve more of the original image. Range: 0.01 to 1.
The format of the generated image. Allowed values: jpeg, png.
The aspect ratio of the generated image. Allowed values: 21:9, 16:9, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4, 1:1, 4:5, 3:4, 2:3, 9:16.
The same seed and the same prompt given to the same version of the model will output the same image every time.
Result
Example
  1. e781f31d-d23b-4821-8955-084dfdd76da6.png

    What would you like to do next?

    Open original

Saved example result. No new generation was requested.

Displayed run estimate: $0.045. Final charges follow the model’s billing rules below.

Human preference

Arena

Elo ratings from blind side-by-side votes, compared with other image and video models.

Rankings sourced from Artificial Analysis Arena

Leaderboard
Image Editing
Rank
#70 of 77
Elo
889 ±20
Gap to #1
−310

Image-editing arena: people pick the better of two edits of the same image and instruction, without seeing the model names.

  1. #65FLUX.1 Kontext [max]Black Forest Labs932±19
  2. #66FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]Black Forest Labs916±19
  3. #67FIBO EditBria915±19
  4. #68SeedEdit 3.0ByteDance Seed901±20
  5. #69LongCat ImageMeituan897±20
  6. #70Qwen Image EditAlibabaThis model889±20
  7. #71FLUX.1 Kontext [dev]Black Forest LabsOn SandBase883±21
  8. #72HiDream-O1-Image-DevHiDream880±15
  9. #73GLM-ImageZ AI824±22
  10. #74BagelBytedance792±25

Qwen Image Edit

The original Qwen Image Edit: change one image with an instruction, including Chinese and English text edits. strength controls how far the result may move from the input.

Fields

FieldTypeDefaultNotes
promptstring, required—Text instruction.
imageimage URL, required—Image to edit. JPEG, PNG, or WebP URL.
strengthnumber 0.01–10.94How much the output may differ from the input (0.01–1).
output_formatjpeg / pngpngOutput file format.
aspect_ratio21:9 / 16:9 / 3:2 / 4:3 / 5:4 / 1:1 / 4:5 / 3:4 / 2:3 / 9:16—Omit to follow the input image.
seedintegerrandomFix it to compare prompt changes.

Billing

$0.045 per output image, Alibaba's list price.

RequestPrice
One image$0.045

Failed runs are not charged.

Prompting

  • State the change and what must stay the same.
  • Lower strength for subtle edits.

Limits

  • One input image per request; 2511 accepts several.

Also on SandBase

Related: alibaba/qwen-image-edit/2511, alibaba/qwen-image-edit/2511/multiple-angles, alibaba/qwen-image-3/edit (newer).