API Cost Check
Alibaba (Qwen) API pricing
Alibaba (Qwen) currently lists 17 models in our data. The lowest input price is Qwen Flash at $0.05 per 1M tokens and the lowest output price is Qwen Turbo at $0.20; the newest model is Qwen3.8 Flash (2026-08-26). 6 of the 17 have a cached-input price and 2 a batch price. Tick models to compare them, or put your traffic into the calculator. Official price page: www.alibabacloud.com ↗.
Billing rules for caching, Batch and long prompts: Alibaba (Qwen) API cost guide.
Default order: premium models (output $6.00+/1M) first, newest release first. Tick models to compare them side by side.
| Compare | Model | Provider | Released | Input /1M | Output /1M | Cached input /1M | Max input |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.8 Max | Alibaba (Qwen) | 2026-08-03 | $2.00 | $6.00 | $0.25 | 991K | |
| Qwen3.7 Max | Alibaba (Qwen) | 2026-05-21 | $2.50 | $7.50 | $0.50 | 991K | |
| Qwen Max | Alibaba (Qwen) | 2024-04-03 | $1.60 | $6.40 | $0.32 | 30K | |
| Qwen3.8 Flash | Alibaba (Qwen) | 2026-08-26 | $0.15 | $0.47 | $0.016 | 991K | |
| Qwen3.7 Plus | Alibaba (Qwen) | 2026-06-02 | $0.40 | $1.60 | $0.08 | 991K | |
| Qwen3.5 Plus | Alibaba (Qwen) | 2026-02-16 | $0.40 | $2.40 | — | 991K | |
| Qwen3 VL 32b Instruct | Alibaba (Qwen) | 2025-10-21 | $0.16 | $0.64 | — | 129K | |
| Qwen3 VL 32b Thinking | Alibaba (Qwen) | 2025-10-21 | $0.16 | $0.64 | — | 131K | |
| Qwen3 VL 235b A22b Instruct | Alibaba (Qwen) | 2025-09-23 | $0.40 | $1.60 | — | 129K | |
| Qwen3 VL 235b A22b Thinking | Alibaba (Qwen) | 2025-09-23 | $0.40 | $4.00 | — | 126K | |
| Qwen3 Next 80b A3b Instruct | Alibaba (Qwen) | 2025-09 | $0.15 | $1.20 | — | 129K | |
| Qwen3 Next 80b A3b Thinking | Alibaba (Qwen) | 2025-09 | $0.15 | $1.20 | — | 126K | |
| Qwen Flash | Alibaba (Qwen) | 2025-07-28 | $0.05 | $0.40 | — | 997K | |
| QwQ Plus | Alibaba (Qwen) | 2025-03-05 | $0.80 | $2.40 | — | 98K | |
| Qwen Turbo | Alibaba (Qwen) | 2024-11-01 | $0.05 | $0.20 | $0.01 | 98K | |
| Qwen Plus | Alibaba (Qwen) | 2024-01-25 | $0.40 | $1.20 | — | 129K | |
| Qwen Coder | Alibaba (Qwen) | — | $0.30 | $1.50 | — | 1000K |
Recent price changes
| Date | Model | Change | Old | New | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 | Qwen3 VL 32b Thinking | Output | $2.87 | $0.64 | -77.7% |
Estimates from published per-token rates; check official pricing before budgeting. Data synced from the LiteLLM price list 2026-10-13 08:00 UTC.
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