# Qwen free API key: how to get one

> Free credit Qwen API key, no card needed. New Model Studio accounts get a free token quota on many Qwen models for a limited time. Step by step setup, checked October 2026.

- Kind: Free credit, no card
- Limits: New Model Studio accounts get a free token quota on many Qwen models for a limited time.
- Models: Qwen Max, Plus, Flash, Coder and VL
- Get the key: https://modelstudio.console.alibabacloud.com

## Steps

1. Sign up for Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (international).
2. Activate Model Studio and create an API key.
3. Paste it under Qwen.

## Qwen models in MultiScreenAI

The free tier covers Qwen Max, Plus, Flash, Coder and VL; the others need paid usage on the same key.

- Qwen Max: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/qwen-max
- Qwen Plus: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/qwen-plus
- Qwen Flash: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/qwen-flash
- Qwen VL Max: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/qwen-vl-max

## Use it with every other AI at once

Paste the key into MultiScreenAI (https://www.multiscreenai.com) and ask every model at once, side by side, with a blind test mode. Agents can do the same over MCP: https://www.multiscreenai.com/mcp