Qwen vs Gemini: Features, Pricing and User Reviews 2026

Qwen Studio, the chat assistant, is free to use for everyday chats, image help, and code help. For heavier use, Alibaba offers a Token Plan with paid tiers.

• Lite ($6/month): 2,500 credits every week plus 700 credits every 5 hours, good for running 1 to 2 agents at once.

• Standard ($18/month): 10,000 credits every week, four times the Lite credits, for running 3 to 4 agents at once.

• Pro ($68/month): 40,000 credits every week, sixteen times the Lite credits, for running 6 to 8 agents at once.

Yearly billing lowers the cost on every plan. Teams can also buy seats starting at $20 per seat a month, up to $200 per seat a month for the Max seat, each with its own monthly credit allowance.

Gemini offers a free plan and three paid plans to fit different needs.

The Free plan costs $0 a month and gives you access to Gemini, image tools, Deep Research, and 15 GB of storage.

Google AI Plus costs $4.99 a month and gives twice the usage of the free plan, more video tools, and 400 GB of storage.

Google AI Pro costs $19.99 a month with four times the usage, higher access to Gemini 3 Pro, the Jules coding agent, and 5 TB of storage.

Google AI Ultra starts at $99.99 a month and goes up to $199.99 a month, with up to 20 times higher usage, Deep Think, Gemini Spark, and storage starting at 20 TB.