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Qwen3 8B pricing
API list price by Alibaba (Qwen) · checked Oct 23, 2026
$0.18 / $0.70per 1M tokens in / out
Price sheetper 1M tokens
| Input | $0.18 | list |
| Output | $0.70 | |
| Context · max output | 33K · 8K | tokens |
Where to buy1 provider · per 1M tokens
| Provider | Input | Output | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba | $0.18 | $0.70 | — |
In Alibaba (Qwen)'s line-upper 1M in / out
| Qwen3 Coder Next | $0.12 / $0.80 | −6% |
| Qwen 2.5 VL 32B Instruct | $0.20 / $0.60 | −3% |
| Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | $0.17 / $0.70 | −1% |
| Qwen3 8B | $0.18 / $0.70 | this model |
| QVQ 72B Preview | $0.25 / $0.50 | +1% |
| Qwen 2 72B Instruct | $0.35 / $0.40 | +17% |
| Qwen 3.6 Flash 2026-04-16 | $0.17 / $0.99 | +20% |
Cheaper for the same workvs Qwen3 8B
| Claude Haiku 5.5 max | -35% | score ×7.2 | $0.21 |
| MiniMax M3.1 Flash thinking | -15% | score ×7.1 | $0.22 |
| GLM 5.3 Flash maxOpen | -23% | score ×7 | $0.28 |
| Qwen3.8 Flash thinkingOpen | -26% | score ×6.6 | $0.37 |
| GPT-6 Luna max | -35% | score ×6.4 | $0.068 |
Pricing questions
How much does Qwen3 8B cost?›
$0.18 per 1M input tokens and $0.70 per 1M output tokens.
Is Qwen3 8B 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 Qwen3 8B?›
Claude Haiku 5.5 at max effort costs -35% per task with a score ×7.2 on Humanity's Last Exam.