How much does the Qwen-VL API cost?

2 credits per page, which is $2.00 per 1,000 pages. Failed requests and cached repeats are not charged.

How do I call Qwen-VL?

Send a POST request to https://api.ocrrouter.ai/v1/ocr with "model": "qwen/qwen-vl" and a file URL. You get Markdown or JSON back.

What does Qwen-VL support?

Tables, Handwriting, Math, Bounding boxes, Multilingual. Inputs: PDF, images. 30+ languages.

What if Qwen-VL is down?

Add a fallbacks list to your request. If Qwen-VL fails or is rate-limited, the next model runs and you are only charged for the one that succeeded.

Qwen-VL API

Alibaba's open-weight vision language models (Qwen2.5-VL, Qwen3-VL). Strong general OCR and grounding.

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Model ID: qwen/qwen-vl
Type: Open source
Price: 2 credits / page ($2.00 per 1,000 pages)
Typical speed: 2.0 s / page
Inputs: PDF, images
Languages: 30+ languages
Max pages per request: 200
Output: Markdown, JSON with positions
Supports: TablesHandwritingMathBounding boxesMultilingual

curl https://api.ocrrouter.ai/v1/ocr \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OCRROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen/qwen-vl",
    "file_url": "https://example.com/invoice.pdf",
    "format": "markdown"
  }'

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Qwen-VL speed and reliability

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Qwen-VL pricing

Qwen-VL costs 2 credits per page. One dollar buys 1,000 credits, so 1,000 pages cost $2.00. You only pay for pages that return a result.

New accounts get 200 free credits, enough for about 100 pages with this model. See pricing for credit packs.

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