Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo $0.016 vs Sume Qwen Image: 100 images

Per 100 images: Alibaba Cloud lists qwen-image-2.1-turbo at $1.60 and qwen-image-2.1-pro at $4.00 in Singapore, while Sume sells qwen-image at $2.50 and qwen-image-max at $9.38. Sume does not list a model named Qwen Image 2.1; its Qwen rows are qwen/qwen-image and qwen/qwen-image-max.

Prices side by side

Alibaba's Model Studio pricing page, read 2026-10-13, lists per-image prices by region: $0.04 (pro) and $0.016 (turbo) in Singapore, $0.035333 and $0.014133 in Beijing and the global regions. The Sume figures are list x 1.25 from the repo price table (qwen-image $0.02 list, qwen-image-max $0.075 list).

Reading the gap

Sume's number includes the 1.25 margin and is for a model that is not the same release, so the rows are not a like-for-like test. The turbo row is cheaper per image; the Sume row comes with the other Sume surfaces (jobs, webhooks, one balance) and with the catalog's ratio list. Check one real job's usage.cost before you size a batch.