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Alibaba clarifies Qwen-Image 2.1 commercial use: free tier up to 300k images/month

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Alibaba has clarified the commercial use terms for its Qwen-Image 2.1 model, offering a free tier for up to 300,000 images generated per month. Beyond this threshold, users face a revenue share model starting at 20% for 300k-3M images and a tiered fee for over 3M images. The free commercial license is revocable, automatically suspends upon exceeding limits, and requires users to declare an approved use scenario. Governing law and venue are subject to Chinese jurisdiction, and further clarification is sought regarding enterprise account requirements and license revocation implications for already delivered images. AI

IMPACT Provides clarity on commercial usage limits for AI image generation models, impacting developers and businesses.

RANK_REASON Clarification of licensing terms for an existing AI model.

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Alibaba clarifies Qwen-Image 2.1 commercial use: free tier up to 300k images/month

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  1. r/StableDiffusion TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Micha0827 ·

    Asked Alibaba about commercial use of Qwen-Image 2.1 — up to 300k images/month is free. Here's what the agreement says.

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Qwen-Image 2.1 ships under the Qwen Research License (&quot;research or evaluation purposes only&quot;), so many wrote it off for commercial work. I emailed the licensing address in September to ask what a commercial license costs. Posting the an…

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