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Qwen2.5 72B Instruct pricing
API list price by Alibaba (Qwen) · checked Oct 23, 2026
$1.40 / $5.60per 1M tokens in / out
#258on OpenRouter by tokens · 2.9B / week
Price sheetper 1M tokens
| Input | $1.40 | list |
| Output | $5.60 | |
| Context · max output | 131K · 8K | tokens |
Where to buy2 providers · per 1M tokens
| Provider | Input | Output | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeepInfra | $0.36 | $0.40 | 33K |
| qwen | $1.40 | $5.60 | — |
In Alibaba (Qwen)'s line-upper 1M in / out
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B | $0.60 / $3.60 | −45% |
| Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | $0.50 / $6 | −23% |
| Qwen 3.5 Omni Plus 2026-03-15 | $0.96 / $5.50 | −14% |
| Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | $1.40 / $5.60 | this model |
| Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B | $2 / $6 | +22% |
| Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | $2 / $6 | +22% |
| Qwen 2 VL 72B Instruct | $2.29 / $6.88 | +40% |
Cheaper for the same workvs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
| Muse Spark 1.3 max | -18% | score ×6.2 | $1.60 |
| MiMo v2.6 Pro thinkingOpen | -78% | score ×6 | $0.13 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 maxOpen | -79% | score ×5.8 | $0.26 |
| GLM 5.3 maxOpen | -12% | score ×5.8 | $2.01 |
| Step 5 Preview thinkingOpen | -42% | score ×5.7 | $1.03 |
Pricing questions
How much does Qwen2.5 72B Instruct cost?›
$1.40 per 1M input tokens and $5.60 per 1M output tokens.
Is Qwen2.5 72B Instruct free to use?›
There is no free API tier, but the weights are open: you can run it on your own hardware for the cost of compute.
What is a cheaper alternative to Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?›
Muse Spark 1.3 at max effort costs -18% per task with a score ×6.2 on Humanity's Last Exam.