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Available in Piebald Basic (Free)
Alibaba sunset the Qwen.ai free tier in April 2026. Details: https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code/issues/3203
Piebald allows you use to use Qwen.ai’s generous free-tier of 1,000 requests per day by signing into your Qwen.ai account via OAuth. To do so, follow these steps:
  1. Go to Settings → Providers.
  2. Click Add Provider → Qwen → Sign in with Qwen.
  3. A “Qwen Chat” tab should open in your browser. If it doesn’t, use the “click here” to open it.
  4. Log in with your Qwen.ai account.
  5. The Qwen.ai login page should prompt you to authorize Piebald. Click Confirm.
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  1. Head back into Piebald—your Qwen.ai provider should be ready for use.

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Available models

Qwen.ai exposes a single model ID: coder-model. This is an alias for Qwen 3.5 Plus.