Vercel Makes Qwen 3.7 Free for Paid Users, Accelerating the Open-Model Distribution War

Alibaba's latest Qwen models are now free through Vercel's AI Gateway, signaling that model access is becoming a loss leader for platform distribution.

Vercel announced that both Qwen 3.7 Plus and Max are free for paid users of its AI Gateway, as @vercel_dev shared in partnership with Alibaba's Qwen team. The move is notable not for the models themselves but for what it reveals about competitive dynamics: platform providers are now subsidizing model access to attract developers.

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