Qwen Image AI Image Generator: Every Version
Qwen Image is Alibaba's family of image generation and editing models. Zero Kit runs several generations of it in one editor, each with its own page and price table.
Alibaba's Qwen team builds Qwen Image as one line of models that both generate pictures from text and edit pictures you upload. Each generation leans toward a different kind of work.
Every version has its own page with sample prompts, tips and a full price table. The table below compares the versions side by side from the live model list.
Qwen Image 3.0 is the generation for images that carry information, in a standard version and a Pro version:
- It follows long, detailed prompts.
- It lays out dense pages such as a newspaper front page, a recipe card or a storyboard sheet.
- It renders small text and fine texture.
The standard version balances quality and speed, and Pro is the full model that Alibaba recommends first for generating from text.
Qwen Image 2.1 is the generation for assets and edits:
- It makes transparent images directly, so stickers, icons and product cut-outs come out without a background.
- It reads many reference photos in one request and merges them into one scene, such as a group photo from separate portraits.
- It edits an area you mark on the photo while keeping faces and products recognizable.
The versions work well together. Make a transparent product cut-out or a character on Qwen Image 2.1, then use it as a reference in a Qwen Image 3.0 layout with headlines and captions.
Every version is included in Plus and above. Each image costs credits by version and resolution, and the table below shows the starting price and plan for each one from the live model list.
Every Qwen Image version compared
| Version | Resolutions | Reference images | From | Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1K and 2K | 3 | 6 credits / image | Plus | |
| 1K and 2K | 10 | 5 credits / image | Plus |
Which Qwen Image version should you use?
For text-heavy layouts: Qwen Image 3.0
Choose Qwen Image 3.0 for posters with a headline and a schedule, slides with labels, magazine-style pages and anything else where the words have to land.
Draft on the standard version, then run the final prompt on 3.0 Pro. The poster styles are a quick place to start.
For transparent assets and many references: Qwen Image 2.1
Choose Qwen Image 2.1 when you need a sticker, an icon or a cut-out on a transparent background, or when one picture has to combine several reference photos.
It also suits local edits: circle the area on the photo and say what should change.
Not sure? Compare on one prompt
Run the same short prompt on two versions and compare the results at full size. The model button in the editor switches versions without losing your prompt, and the price of each run shows before you generate.
Qwen Image 2.0, the generation built around Chinese and English typography, has its own page with its versions and prices.
Qwen Image versions on Zero Kit
Qwen Image 3.0
Balancing quality and speed, handling daily creation, UI simulation, and multi-round reference image refinement.
Open Qwen Image 3.0Qwen Image 2.1
Native transparency generation, specializing in complex layering and image refinement.
Open Qwen Image 2.1
Qwen Image FAQ
Qwen Image is Alibaba's family of AI image generation models, built by the Qwen team. Each Qwen Image model generates pictures from text and edits pictures you upload.
On Zero Kit, each version has its own page with sample prompts and a price table.
Partly, through Alibaba. Qwen Chat, Alibaba's AI assistant, is free to use and can generate images with Qwen Image 3.0.
Alibaba also publishes the Qwen Image 2.1 weights and runs an online demo of it on Hugging Face.
On Zero Kit it is included in Plus and above, and each run costs credits. Signing up is free, so you can open the editor, write a prompt and see the price before you upgrade.
Qwen Image 3.0 is built for dense, text-heavy layouts and fine detail, in a standard and a Pro version.
Qwen Image 2.1 is built for transparent images, edits that combine many reference photos, and local edits marked on the photo. Both generate and edit images.
Qwen Image 2.1. Set its Background option to transparent and describe only the subject.
The result is a PNG with a transparent background, ready for stickers, icons and product cut-outs.
Yes. Every Qwen Image version edits pictures you upload: describe the change, or combine several reference images into a new picture.
Qwen Image 2.1 can also change just an area you mark on the photo. You can start from the image to image tool as well.
No. Qwen Image models make and edit still images.
For video, Alibaba builds the Wan family; Wan 3.0 turns a prompt or a picture into a clip.
Use Alibaba's Qwen Chat at chat.qwen.ai, or a platform that runs Qwen Image for you, such as Zero Kit.
On Zero Kit, every version is included in Plus and above: create an account, pick a Qwen Image version in the editor and generate in your browser. No API key, code or Chinese phone number is needed.
The main alternatives are Google's Nano Banana Pro, OpenAI's GPT Image 2 and Black Forest Labs' FLUX.2 Pro, each built for a different job:
- Nano Banana Pro for studio-level precision, legible small text and crowded scenes.
- GPT Image 2 for following detailed instructions and setting short text cleanly.
- FLUX.2 Pro for photoreal texture, legible text and close adherence to long, structured prompts.
Within the family, Qwen Image 3.0 is built for dense, text-heavy layouts and Qwen Image 2.1 for transparent assets and multi-reference edits. Running one prompt on two or three models is the quickest comparison.
Yes, on a paid plan. Images and videos made on a paid plan can be used commercially, including product pages, ads and social posts, subject to our Terms. Output from the free plan is for personal, non-commercial use only.
No. We do not use your prompts, uploads or results to train AI models. To run a generation, the prompt and any reference files are sent to the provider of the model you picked, which processes that request under its own terms.
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