Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 API pricing
Alibaba · Budget price tier · Apache 2.0 · released 2025-07. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-11-12.
A support ticket workload of 100K requests a month costs $30.00 on Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507. The price we quote for Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 has changed 9 times since 2026-08-15, most recently on 2026-10-26 when the quoted host changed (+1.3%); it is now the 51st cheapest of 160 models in the Budget price tier. Buying from DekaLLM rather than at the price we quote lowers the token price by about 1%. It is rated a stable release but does not meet all four criteria of the FinOps Friendly badge.
- Input: $0.10 per 1M tokens
- Output: $0.30 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): Not published
- Prompt-cache read: $0.10 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 262K tokens
- Arena ELO: 1384 as of 2026-11-08
Market position
On blended price ($0.24 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 66% of models in the Budget price tier: 51st cheapest of 160, tied with 4 others. Across every price tier it is cheaper than 82% of priced text models in the catalogue: 51st cheapest of 303, tied with 4 others. Its Arena ELO of 1384 ranks 107th of the 160 models that carry one, tied with one other, above 33% of them. With an Arena score of 1384, Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 sits below OptimNow's lowest working quality threshold, Standard (Arena 1420+), so the quality-bar method would not shortlist it for any of the 8 use cases the table prices. Each threshold is a distance below the best ranked model, which scores 1530 on Arena scores as of 8 Nov 2026.
Licence, size and capabilities
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is open source: its weights are published under Apache 2.0, an OSI-approved licence with no field-of-use limit, so it can be self-hosted as well as bought by the token. Its published size is 30B parameters. Listed capabilities: Text, Agents. Filling its 262K context window once costs $0.0262 in input tokens at list price.
Pricing by host
A host is a company that runs the model and sells it by the token: the model maker, a cloud platform like Amazon Bedrock, Azure or Vertex, or an independent host. One model, several hosts, and often several prices. This model is sold by 3 different hosts. The price we quote elsewhere on this page is marked. We quote one host's rate so that models stay comparable; it is not a recommendation to buy there.
Cheapest host: DekaLLM at $0.09 input / $0.30 output per 1M tokens, 1% below the price we quote on the blended price (30% input, 70% output). A support ticket workload at 100K requests a month costs $28.50 there against $30.00 at the price we quote, a difference of $1.50 a month. All of them charge within 10% of one another.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Precision |
|---|---|---|---|
| DekaLLM | $0.09 | $0.30 | not declared |
| SiliconFlow | $0.09 | $0.30 | fp8 |
| Nebius (price we quote) | $0.10 | $0.30 | fp8 |
List prices as published on 2026-11-12, via OpenRouter. Negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown.
Monthly cost at 100K requests, by business use case
From the after-discounts figure (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads, only where Alibaba publishes those rates), which assumes you implement both, to the list price. One figure means no discount is published.
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Monthly (after discounts – list) |
|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $30 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $44 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $136 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $79 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $90 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $33 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $41 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $150 |
Price history
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.0482 input / $0.1931 output per 1M tokens. The price we quote has changed 9 times since then, every time through a change of quoted host rather than a repricing. The latest change, on 2026-10-26, was +1.3% on the blended price (30% input, 70% output), to $0.10 input / $0.30 output (quoted host changed, not a repricing). Net of all changes, the blended price is +60.4% against 2026-08-15.
| Date | Old price (in / out) | New price (in / out) | Blended change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | $0.09 / $0.30 | $0.10 / $0.30 | +1.3% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) |
| 2026-10-18 | $0.10 / $0.30 | $0.09 / $0.30 | -1.3% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) |
| 2026-10-09 | $0.0482 / $0.1931 | $0.10 / $0.30 | +60.4% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) |
| 2026-10-07 | $0.10 / $0.30 | $0.0482 / $0.1931 | -37.7% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) |
| 2026-10-06 | $0.0482 / $0.1931 | $0.10 / $0.30 | +60.4% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) |
4 earlier changes are not listed.
Alternatives to Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
None of the 4 comparable models below costs less than Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 on the blended price.
- Next cheaper model in the Budget price tier: MiMo-V2.6-Flash (Xiaomi) at $0.238 blended, 1% less.
- Next more expensive: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct (Meta) at $0.246 blended, 3% more.
The nearest models in the Budget price tier on Arena ELO, each with its blended price and score difference against Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507.
- GLM 4.5 Air (Zhipu): $0.20 in / $1.10 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1384 (246% more expensive, same Arena ELO)
- GPT-6 Luna (OpenAI): $0.10 in / $0.50 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1388 (58% more expensive, 4 ELO points higher)
- Solar Pro 4 (upstage): $0.15 in / $0.60 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1388 (94% more expensive, 4 ELO points higher)
- Muse Glimmer 30B (meta): $0.30 in / $1.20 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1389 (288% more expensive, 5 ELO points higher)
- Cheapest within 15 Arena points: Qwen3.5-Flash (Alibaba), 16% cheaper, 13 ELO points higher, out of 21 models in that band.
- Highest Arena ELO within 20% of this price: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (DeepSeek), 19% more expensive, 79 ELO points higher, out of 10 models in that price band.
Other models from Alibaba
The 8 nearest to Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 in price, of 39 other Alibaba models in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- Qwen3.7 Flash: $0.03 / $0.13
- Qwen3.5-Flash: $0.065 / $0.26
- Qwen3 14B: $0.12 / $0.24
- Qwen3 32B: $0.08 / $0.28
- Qwen3.8 Flash: $0.15 / $0.47
- Qwen3.8 Omni Flash: $0.15 / $0.47
- Qwen3 30B A3B: $0.12 / $0.50
- Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: $0.36 / $0.40
All 40 Alibaba models and prices
Common questions about Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 pricing
- How much does Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 cost?
- Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 costs $0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.30 per 1M output tokens at Nebius, the host whose rate we quote. Nebius serves a quantized fp8 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model. Prices as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Which host is cheapest for Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507?
- Cheapest host: DekaLLM at $0.09 input / $0.30 output per 1M tokens, 1% below the price we quote on the blended price (30% input, 70% output). A support ticket workload at 100K requests a month costs $28.50 there against $30.00 at the price we quote, a difference of $1.50 a month. All of them charge within 10% of one another. Host rates as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Does Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 offer batch or cached pricing?
- Yes, for prompt caching only. Cache reads cost $0.10 per 1M tokens, as listed on 2026-11-12. No batch pricing is published.
- What would Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $30 on Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 at the list price quoted on 2026-11-12.
- Can Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 be self-hosted?
- Yes. Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is open source: its weights are published under Apache 2.0, an OSI-approved licence with no field-of-use limit, so it can be self-hosted as well as bought by the token.
- Has the price of Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 changed?
- Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.0482 input / $0.1931 output per 1M tokens. The price we quote has changed 9 times since then, every time through a change of quoted host rather than a repricing. The latest change, on 2026-10-26, was +1.3% on the blended price (30% input, 70% output), to $0.10 input / $0.30 output (quoted host changed, not a repricing). Net of all changes, the blended price is +60.4% against 2026-08-15.
Its weights are published, which changes what you may run yourself: the cost gap between open weights and proprietary APIs.
These are list prices. Your real cost also depends on caching and batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and the contracts you already have. OptimNow audits exactly that.
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