Alibaba's Qwen3.7-Plus: Multimodal, Low Cost, but Proprietary

Summary

Alibaba this week released Qwen3.7-Plus, the latest LLM in its Qwen family, supporting text, video, and image inputs at a cost 60% lower than the text-only Qwen3.7-Max. However, it is only available under a closed commercial license, marking a departure from Alibaba's previous open-source strategy. Enterprises relying on open-source Qwen models, such as Airbnb, may be disappointed. Still, its low cost and high multimodal performance make it noteworthy.

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• https://venturebeat.com/technology/alibabas-qwen3-7-plus-supports-text-video-and-imagery-inputs-at-low-cost-of-0-4-1-6-per-1m-token-but-its-proprietary