Qwen (Alibaba) API pricing
Prices per million tokens for the 4 Qwen (Alibaba) models we track, with context windows and what a typical task costs. The cheapest is Qwen3.8 Omni Flash at $0.150 input and $0.470 output per million tokens; the largest context window is Qwen3.8 Omni Flash's 1M tokens. Updated 25 Oct 2026.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Tools | Reasoning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.8 Omni Flash | $0.150 | $0.470 | 1M | Yes | Yes |
| Qwen3.8 Flash | $0.150 | $0.470 | 1M | Yes | Yes |
| Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | $2.00 | $6.00 | 1M | Yes | Yes |
| Qwen3.8 Max Prime | $4.00 | $12.00 | 1M | Yes | Yes |
What Qwen (Alibaba) models cost per task
Using the listed prices, for three common jobs: a chat turn (2,000 tokens in, 500 out), summarising a 100,000-token document into 2,000 tokens, and a long agent run (1 million in, 50,000 out).
- Qwen3.8 Omni Flash: chat turn $0.0005, document $0.016, agent run $0.173
- Qwen3.8 Flash: chat turn $0.0005, document $0.016, agent run $0.173
- Qwen3.8 Max (0902): chat turn $0.0070, document $0.212, agent run $2.30
- Qwen3.8 Max Prime: chat turn $0.014, document $0.424, agent run $4.60
How Qwen (Alibaba) compares with other providers
Across all 40 models we track, the cheapest Qwen (Alibaba) model ranks #5 by output price. For a model-by-model comparison, see the full price table or the guide to choosing an LLM.
Other providers: Anthropic pricing · OpenAI pricing · Google pricing · Meta pricing · DeepSeek pricing · Mistral AI pricing · xAI pricing · Moonshot AI pricing · Z.ai pricing
Prices and limits come from OpenRouter's public model catalogue, last synced 25 Oct 2026. Qwen (Alibaba)'s own API pricing can differ and changes often; confirm on its pricing page before you commit.
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