Alibaba's Qwen3.7-Plus offers multimodal AI at lower cost

Alibaba has launched Qwen3.7-Plus, an advanced AI large language model featuring multimodal capabilities for text, video, and imagery processing at a significantly reduced cost compared to its predecessor. While offering impressive performance and a competitive price point, the model operates under a proprietary, closed commercial license, diverging from Alibaba's previous open-source strategy. This shift may disappoint users who relied on its open-source models, but the new version's ability to handle complex visual and video analysis, coupled with its cost-effectiveness, makes it an attractive option for enterprises seeking to optimize AI deployments in areas like robotic process automation and data engineering.