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Qwen Studio

Qwen Chat, now renamed Qwen Studio, is Alibaba's free AI assistant at chat.qwen.ai and in its mobile apps. It runs Alibaba's Qwen models, including the Qwen3.8 family released in August 2026, for chat, reasoning, image generation, document analysis, web search and artifacts. No paid consumer plan is listed, so everything is free to use.

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Quick facts

VendorAlibaba
CategoryChat & search
PlatformsWebiOSAndroid
Free planYes
Pricing fromNot listed
Last reviewed

Best for

  • People who want a free AI assistant
  • Developers testing Qwen models
  • Analyzing images, audio and video
  • Multilingual users

Key features

Latest Qwen models

Alibaba points people to Qwen Studio to try new models such as Qwen3.8, released in August 2026, and a picker lets you switch models.

Multimodal understanding

Upload images, audio or video and ask questions about them in the same chat, without switching to another model.

Image generation and editing

Describe a picture to generate it, or upload an existing image and ask Qwen Studio to change it.

Deep thinking

Turn on step-by-step reasoning for harder questions in math, science and coding before the model answers.

Web search

Pull in current information from the web when a question needs fresher facts than the model's training data.

Artifacts

Generate code-based outputs such as small web pages directly from a chat prompt and view the result.

Use cases

  • Upload a long PDF contract and ask Qwen Studio to list every deadline and obligation it contains.
  • Photograph a chart from a meeting and ask for a plain-language explanation of the trend.
  • Prototype a simple landing page as an artifact before moving the code into your own project.

Pricing

Qwen Studio is free on the web and in its apps, and its App Store listing shows no in-app purchases. Developers pay separately for Qwen models through the Alibaba Cloud Model Studio API.

Ways to save

  • Qwen Studio has no paid consumer tier, so you can use Alibaba's latest Qwen models without a subscription.
Prices checked on Oct 12, 2026

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What is Qwen Studio?

Qwen Studio is the new name for Qwen Chat, Alibaba’s consumer assistant for its Qwen model family. It lives at chat.qwen.ai and in apps for iPhone, iPad and Android.

The app doubles as a showcase for models that developers reach through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio. Alibaba also publishes some Qwen models with open weights, such as Qwen3.8-27B, for local use.

What stands out

  • Price. Chat, image generation and document analysis cost nothing, with no upsell tier listed.
  • Multimodal input. Text, images, audio and video go into the same conversation.
  • Long context. Qwen3.7-Plus accepts up to 1 million tokens through the API, which helps with large files.

Limitations

Qwen Studio doesn’t publish usage limits for free accounts. The iOS app wasn’t available in the US or German App Store when checked in September 2026. Alibaba doesn’t name the default chat model on an official page, so check the model picker. Check your company’s data rules before uploading confidential files to a free cloud chatbot.

Qwen Studio FAQ

Yes. Alibaba renamed Qwen Chat to Qwen Studio in 2026. The address is still chat.qwen.ai, and the iOS and Android apps now carry the Qwen Studio name.

Yes. Qwen Studio doesn't list any paid plan for individuals, and its App Store listing is free with no in-app purchases. Paid access to Qwen models is for developers using the Alibaba Cloud Model Studio API.

Qwen Studio runs Alibaba's own Qwen models and has a picker for switching between them. Alibaba launched the Qwen3.8 family, led by Qwen3.8-Max, in early August 2026, and its official Qwen3.8 repository names Qwen Studio as the place to try it.

Not from the App Store in September 2026. The iOS app was listed in stores such as the UK but not the US or Germany, so US users can rely on chat.qwen.ai in a browser instead.

Qwen Studio is the free consumer chat app. The Qwen API runs through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, charges per token and works with OpenAI-compatible and Anthropic-compatible clients for building your own apps.

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Sources

Reviewed on Oct 12, 2026

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