Qwen lists 72 models and Reflection 1. Qwen is cheaper on a typical model ($0.41 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| Qwen | Reflection | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 72 | 1 |
| Models with published pricing | 72 | 1 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.41 | $1.50 |
| Cheapest paid model | Qwen: Qwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct ($0.04) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| Longest context | Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (1.0M) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B (1.0M) |
| Free models | 5 | 0 |
| Newest model | Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Prime (2026-09-23) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B (2026-10-16) |
| Price changes in the last 90 days | 147 | 0 |
For each workload: the cheapest model from each provider that can actually do it (fits the context window; tool calling required for the agent), and its monthly cost at list price.
| Workload (per month) | Qwen | Reflection |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $4.05 with Qwen: Qwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct | $135 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $4.50 with Qwen: Qwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct | $150 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | $5.16 with Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash | $156 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $2.94 with Qwen: Qwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct | $98.00 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $1.63 with Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash | $53.00 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| You need | Qwen | Reflection |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | Qwen: Qwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct ($0.04) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| With tool calling | Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash ($0.06) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| With image input | Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash ($0.06) | none listed |
| With reasoning mode | Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash ($0.06) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| 128K+ context | Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash ($0.06) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| 1M+ context | Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash ($0.06) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| Model type | Qwen | Reflection |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+audio+video->text | 1 | 0 |
| text+image+video->text | 20 | 0 |
| text+image->text | 14 | 0 |
| text->text | 37 | 1 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Qwen | Reflection |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 5 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 37 | 0 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 25 | 1 |
| $3 – $10 | 5 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Qwen is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.41 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $1.50 for Reflection. The cheapest paid models are Qwen: Qwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct at $0.04 and Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B at $1.50.
It depends on the job: Qwen offers the broader line-up (72 models vs 1), Qwen the lower typical price. The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Qwen: Qwen lists 72 models and Reflection lists 1.
It is a tie: Qwen's longest is Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B at 1.0M tokens; Reflection's is Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B at 1.0M.
Qwen: 5 free models (e.g. Qwen: Qwen3 4B (free)). Reflection: none.
Qwen: 35 of 72 models accept images. Reflection: 0 of 1.