Qwen Code Usage Limits — Provider Caps & Reset Windows

Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan Pro — external provider: Up to 6,000 requests / 5h, 45,000 requests / week, and 90,000 requests / month. All three caps apply simultaneously. Open-source coding agent connected to a user-selected local or external model provider

Last verified Oct 11, 2026, 3:40 AM UTC

Quota mechanics by access plan

Qwen Code: allowances and continuation policies; null fields do not imply unlimited use.
Plan / access option	Published limits	Continuation
Qwen Code open-source agent	FactQwen Code open-source agent: Qwen Code has no native subscription quota. Limits and cost depend on the selected local or external model provider.Qwen Code official overview · Qwen Code official GitHub repository	FactQwen Code open-source agent: Provider-dependent; Qwen Code itself does not sell a native usage subscription.Qwen Code official overview · Qwen Code official GitHub repository
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan Pro — external provider	FactAlibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan Pro — external provider: Up to 6,000 requests / 5h, 45,000 requests / week, and 90,000 requests / month. All three caps apply simultaneously.Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan	FactAlibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan Pro — external provider: Calls pause when any Coding Plan cap is reached; pay-as-you-go uses a separate API key and endpoint.Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan

Direct answer

Current disclosed limit structure

Qwen Code open-source agent price: UnknownQwen Code open-source agent: Open-source agent; model-provider usage is billed or limited separatelyQwen Code official overview · Qwen Code official GitHub repository
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan Pro — external provider price: FactAlibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan Pro — external provider: $50.00/month (This is an Alibaba Cloud access plan, not a Qwen Code subscription)Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan
After included usage: FactQwen Code open-source agent: Provider-dependent; Qwen Code itself does not sell a native usage subscription.Qwen Code official overview · Qwen Code official GitHub repository
Last verified: Oct 11, 2026, 3:40 AM UTC

How usage is measured and reset

Measurement

FactAlibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan Pro — external provider: Up to 6,000 requests / 5h, 45,000 requests / week, and 90,000 requests / month. All three caps apply simultaneously.Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan

Reset cadence

FactUp to 6,000 requests / 5 hours. Rolling release each minute as requests become 5 hours old. Each user query can consume multiple requests because the quota counts model calls.Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan

What happens when exhausted

Qwen Code open-source agent:

FactQwen Code open-source agent: Provider-dependent; Qwen Code itself does not sell a native usage subscription.Qwen Code official overview · Qwen Code official GitHub repository

Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan Pro — external provider:

FactAlibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan Pro — external provider: Calls pause when any Coding Plan cap is reached; pay-as-you-go uses a separate API key and endpoint.Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan

What is not disclosed

UnknownUnknown provider-dependent limits remain unknown rather than being inferred from Alibaba Cloud quotas.Qwen Code official overview · Qwen Code official GitHub repository · Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan

weekly quantity is not publicly disclosed in the verified official sources for Qwen Code Qwen Code open-source agent. Absence of a number is not unlimited use.

weekly quantity is not publicly disclosed in the verified official sources for Qwen Code Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan Pro — external provider. Absence of a number is not unlimited use.

Published numeric allowances

Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan Pro — external provider

Short window: FactUp to 6,000 requests / 5 hours. Rolling release each minute as requests become 5 hours old. Each user query can consume multiple requests because the quota counts model calls.Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan
Weekly: FactUp to 45,000 requests / week. Resets every Monday at 00:00 UTC+08:00. Applies simultaneously with the 5-hour and monthly caps.Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan
Monthly: FactUp to 90,000 requests / month. Resets at 00:00 UTC+08:00 on the monthly subscription renewal date. Applies simultaneously with the 5-hour and weekly caps.Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan

Capacity qualifications

FactThe agent supports Alibaba ModelStudio, built-in third-party providers, and custom providers.Qwen Code official overview · Qwen Code official GitHub repository
FactThe plan supports Qwen, GLM, Kimi, and MiniMax models; it is not Qwen-only.Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan
FactSubscription slots are limited and restocked daily according to the official page.Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan
FactQwen Code is the open-source agent. It does not have a native paid subscription price in the verified official sources.Qwen Code official overview · Qwen Code official GitHub repository · Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan
FactAlibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan is shown only as a separate compatible access provider and is not labeled as Qwen Code pricing.Qwen Code official overview · Qwen Code official GitHub repository · Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan
UnknownUnknown provider-dependent limits remain unknown rather than being inferred from Alibaba Cloud quotas.Qwen Code official overview · Qwen Code official GitHub repository · Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan

An absent numeric field means no verified value is stored. Use the cited capacity rules; request, credit, token and usage-value units are not interchangeable.

Official sources and verification

Last verified Oct 11, 2026, 3:40 AM UTC · Qwen Code

Recent verified changes

Alibaba Cloud's Coding Plan, usable from Qwen Code, dropped qwen3-max-2026-01-23, qwen3-coder-next, qwen3-coder-plus and glm-4.7 from its supported models. — qwen3.7-plus, qwen3.6-plus, kimi-k2.5, glm-5, MiniMax-M2.5; more: qwen3.5-plus, qwen3-max-2026-01-23, qwen3-coder-next, qwen3-coder-plus, glm-4.7 → qwen3.7-plus, qwen3.6-plus, kimi-k2.5, glm-5, MiniMax-M2.5; more: qwen3.5-plus. Verified Oct 11, 2026, 3:40 AM UTC.