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Alibaba (Qwen) API pricing
As of 2026-10-05, the OptimToken catalogue holds 41 Alibaba models. By price tier, 16 are Mid-tier and 25 Budget. The cheapest is Qwen3.7 Flash at $0.03 per 1M input tokens and $0.13 per 1M output tokens. The most expensive is Qwen3.8 Max Prime at $4.00 input and $12.00 output, 96x the cheapest on blended price (30% input, 70% output). These are the prices we quote: a model sold by several hosts has other rates, listed on its own page.
Alibaba models and prices
| Model | Input | Output | Batch (in / out) | Cache read | Context | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.7 Flash | $0.03 | $0.13 | not published | $0.0060 | 1M | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3.5-9B | $0.10 | $0.15 | not published | not published | 262K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | $0.05 | $0.19 | not published | not published | 262K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3.5-Flash | $0.07 | $0.26 | not published | not published | 1M | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3 14B | $0.12 | $0.24 | not published | not published | 131K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3 32B | $0.08 | $0.28 | not published | not published | 131K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | $0.09 | $0.35 | not published | $0.02 | 262K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3 8B | $0.12 | $0.46 | not published | not published | 131K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3.8 Flash | $0.15 | $0.47 | not published | $0.02 | 1M | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3.8 Omni Flash | $0.15 | $0.47 | not published | $0.02 | 1M | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3 30B A3B | $0.12 | $0.50 | not published | not published | 131K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3 Coder Next | $0.12 | $0.80 | not published | $0.07 | 262K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen-Plus | $0.26 | $0.78 | not published | $0.05 | 1M | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3 Coder Flash | $0.20 | $0.97 | not published | $0.04 | 1M | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | $0.15 | $1.00 | not published | $0.05 | 262K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3.6 35B A3B | $0.15 | $1.00 | not published | $0.05 | 262K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | $0.30 | $1.00 | not published | $0.10 | 262K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3.6 Flash | $0.19 | $1.13 | not published | not published | 1M | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | $0.15 | $1.20 | not published | not published | 262K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3.7 Plus | $0.32 | $1.28 | not published | $0.06 | 1M | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3.5-27B | $0.20 | $1.56 | not published | not published | 262K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 | $0.26 | $1.56 | not published | not published | 1M | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 | $0.30 | $1.80 | not published | not published | 1M | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3 235B A22B | $0.46 | $1.82 | not published | not published | 131K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3.6 Plus | $0.33 | $1.95 | not published | not published | 1M | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking | $0.18 | $2.10 | not published | not published | 131K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | $0.26 | $2.08 | not published | not published | 262K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | $0.23 | $2.30 | not published | not published | 131K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 | $0.20 | $2.40 | not published | not published | 82K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking | $0.20 | $2.40 | not published | not published | 262K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3.8 27B | $0.42 | $2.55 | not published | $0.09 | 1M | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3.6 27B | $0.32 | $2.70 | not published | $0.03 | 262K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3 Coder Plus | $0.65 | $3.25 | not published | $0.13 | 1M | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B | $0.55 | $3.50 | not published | $0.23 | 262K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking | $0.40 | $4.00 | not published | not published | 131K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3 Max | $0.78 | $3.90 | not published | $0.16 | 262K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3 Max Thinking | $0.78 | $3.90 | not published | not published | 262K | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3.7 Max | $1.48 | $4.42 | not published | $0.29 | 1M | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B | $2.00 | $6.00 | not published | $0.25 | 1M | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | $2.00 | $6.00 | not published | $0.25 | 1M | Open weights (Qwen) |
| Qwen3.8 Max Prime | $4.00 | $12.00 | not published | $0.50 | 1M | Open weights (Qwen) |
Published discounts: a prompt-cache read rate for 20 of the 41 and a batch rate for none. The most recent by release date are Qwen3.8 Max (0902), Qwen3.8 Max Prime and Qwen3.8 Omni Flash (2026-09). Arena ELO scores (as of 2026-10-02) exist for 7 of the 41; the highest is Qwen3.7 Max at 1475.
Licences
All 41 are open weights, which is not the same as open source: the weights are published, but under the Qwen licence, which restricts some uses. Read it before self-hosting commercially. Licences are as recorded in this catalogue: check the maker's own terms before relying on one.
Price changes since tracking began
Our daily price archive began on 2026-08-15 and holds a record for all 41 models. The price we quote has changed for 10 of them, 54 times in all, 33 of those changes flagged as a change of quoted host rather than a repricing. The most recent was to Qwen3.6 27B on 2026-10-05: -15.0% on the blended price (30% input, 70% output). Since tracking began, 4 of them joined the catalogue, most recently Qwen3.8 Max Prime on 2026-09-24. Last checked against the 2026-10-05 snapshot.
Each row is a model's most recent change. Its own page has the full history.
| Model | Date | Old price (in / out) | New price (in / out) | Blended change | Changes in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.6 27B | 2026-10-05 | $0.32 / $3.20 | $0.32 / $2.70 | -15.0% | 9 |
| Qwen3.8 27B | 2026-10-04 | $0.42 / $3.00 | $0.42 / $2.55 | -14.1% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) | 11 |
| Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | 2026-10-02 | $0.16 / $1.30 | $0.15 / $1.00 | -22.3% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) | 7 |
| Qwen3 30B A3B | 2026-10-01 | $0.13 / $0.52 | $0.12 / $0.50 | -4.2% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) | 4 |
| Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | 2026-09-29 | $0.10 / $0.30 | $0.05 / $0.19 | -37.7% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) | 4 |
| Qwen3.6 35B A3B | 2026-09-21 | $0.10 / $0.90 | $0.15 / $1.00 | +12.9% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) | 3 |
| Qwen3 14B | 2026-09-14 | $0.23 / $0.91 | $0.12 / $0.24 | -71.1% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) | 4 |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | 2026-09-13 | $0.22 / $0.88 | $0.09 / $0.35 | -60.2% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) | 4 |
Another 2 models changed price earlier.
Head-to-head comparisons
Models from Alibaba appear on 2 ready-made side-by-side pages.
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