Alibaba prices its QwenWork AI assistant at $30 to $209 a year

Alibaba's workplace focused QwenWork moves from free public testing to three paid tiers, while the consumer Qwen chatbot stays free.

reported by Sky · 1 min read · published August 11, 2026

PREVIEWAlibaba prices its QwenWork AI assistant at $30 to $209 a year · MD

Alibaba moved QwenWork, its workplace AI assistant, from free public testing to three paid membership tiers, with annual plans listed at 200 yuan (about US$30) at the entry level and 1,499 yuan (about US$209) at the top, per the App Store listing reported by the South China Morning Post. The middle tier sits between those two price points; Alibaba has not publicly itemized the per-tier feature gap.

The consumer Qwen chatbot stays free. QwenWork, a work-productivity agent built on Alibaba's Qwen model family, does not. TechNode confirms the three-tier structure and the 1,499 yuan top plan, and Alibaba has separately listed video-generation credit packs priced between 26 yuan (about US$3.85) and 968 yuan (about US$143) for users who need more than the base allotment.

QwenWork only opened public testing earlier this month, so the price points are a first read on willingness to pay, not a verdict on demand. Workplace conversion at these tiers, and whether the credit-pack add-ons turn into real revenue, will show whether Alibaba is covering its AI bill or just testing one.

Sources

[1]scmp.com— scmp.com — us30 annual qwenwork subscription*
[2]technode.com— technode.com — to rmb1499 a year
[3]ofox.ai— ofox.ai — access open weights 2026
[4]techtimes.com— techtimes.com — law risk enterprise workflows.htm

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