Alibaba Cloud Model Studio map
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (百炼) is a one-stop model and application platform: developers call OpenAI-compatible APIs; operators build agents and knowledge-base Q&A in the console. Product introduction
This page only answers "what am I doing → which slice of Model Studio". Operations live in the tutorial. Tables live in the cheatsheet. Name collisions live in the glossary.
Model internals are out of scope. See LLM fundamentals and Learn LLM.
Product map
Alibaba Cloud AI (this directory documents Model Studio only)
├── Model Studio (this set)
│ ├── Console / playground
│ ├── Model APIs (OpenAI-compatible / Anthropic-compatible / DashScope)
│ ├── Token Plan / Coding Plan
│ ├── Agents / workflows / knowledge base / MCP
│ ├── Model Studio CLI (`bl` / `bailian`)
│ └── Fine-tune / deploy / evaluate (one line, no how-to)
├── Qwen chat — separate product, issue #83, no tutorial here
├── Tongyi Lingma / Qoder CN (formerly Lingma) — IDE, issue #84, no tutorial here
└── Not this site: ECS / OSS / PAI / DashVector / GBI / Quanmiao| Official first-level entry | This site |
|---|---|
| Product intro, first API call, playground | Tutorial |
| Model list, billing, Token Plan, Coding Plan, regions | Cheatsheet |
| Clients / tools, free-quota stop, CLI, no-code Q&A | Cookbook |
| Agent 1.0 / 2.0, workspace, three protocols, two plans | Glossary |
| Fine-tune / deploy / evaluate | Official docs only |
| Qwen chat | One line → #83 |
| Qoder CN (formerly Lingma) | One line → #84 |
| ECS / OSS / PAI / GBI / Quanmiao | Not this site |
Quick decision
What am I trying to do?
├── Call Qwen or a third-party model from my front end / Node service
│ └── → Model Studio API (OpenAI-compatible) → [tutorial](./bailian)
├── Feed Alibaba Cloud quota into Claude Code / Cursor / Chatbox
│ └── → Token Plan (what the official overview recommends for new buys) or Coding Plan
│ └── Key and base URL must be a pair → [Cookbook](./bailian-cookbook)
├── No code, a knowledge-base Q&A or agent
│ └── → Console apps (prefer Agent 2.0)
├── Let a local agent drive image / video / speech tools
│ └── → Model Studio CLI (`bl`)
├── Just chat with Tongyi, no API
│ └── → Qwen (#83), not Model Studio
├── An Alibaba-branded coding IDE
│ └── → Qoder CN / Lingma (#84), not Model Studio
└── A VM or object storage
└── → Not this site. No ECS / OSS handbook hereThree expensive mix-ups:
| Easy to confuse | Difference |
|---|---|
| Model Studio vs Qwen | Studio is the platform. Qwen is a model family and a separate chat product. FAQ |
| Model Studio vs Lingma / Qoder CN | Qoder CN is the IDE. It can consume a Studio key. It is not Studio. Official page |
| Pay-as-you-go key vs plan key | PAYG is sk- / sk-ws. Coding Plan / Token Plan dedicated keys are sk-sp-. A mismatched host either returns invalid_api_key or bills PAYG. Coding Plan |
Which page
| Page | Type | When |
|---|---|---|
| Tutorial | Tutorial | First time: activate → key → first Node call |
| Cookbook | How-to | You can already call; you have a concrete problem |
| Cheatsheet | Reference | Regions, URLs, plan table, official links |
| Glossary | Explanation | Two names collided, or two official pages disagree |
Suggested order
- Use the tree above. Confirm you want the platform, not Qwen chat or Lingma.
- Walk the tutorial: primary account, key, env var, one
qwen-pluscall. - Product integration → Cookbook · OpenAI-compatible. Coding tools → Cookbook · do not mix keys.
- Look up IDs only on the cheatsheet and the official model list. Do not pin a full model table in notes.