Qwen3.5-Flash API pricing
Alibaba · Budget price tier · released 2026-02. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-11-12.
A support ticket workload of 100K requests a month costs $22.75 on Qwen3.5-Flash; the next cheaper model in the Budget price tier for this workload, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423, does it for $22.50. Qwen3.5-Flash has held the same list price since 2026-08-15 and is the 44th cheapest of 160 models in the Budget price tier. Only one host, Alibaba, sells it, so there is no second price to shop. It is rated a stable release but does not meet all four criteria of the FinOps Friendly badge.
- Input: $0.065 per 1M tokens
- Output: $0.26 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): Not published
- Prompt-cache read: Not published
- Context window: 1M tokens
- Arena ELO: 1397 as of 2026-11-08
Market position
On blended price ($0.2015 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 73% of models in the Budget price tier: 44th cheapest of 160. Across every price tier it is cheaper than 86% of priced text models in the catalogue: 44th cheapest of 303. Its Arena ELO of 1397 ranks 99th of the 160 models that carry one, tied with one other, above 38% of them. With an Arena score of 1397, Qwen3.5-Flash 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
No licence is recorded for Qwen3.5-Flash, so this page does not say whether it can be self-hosted. Its parameter count is not published. Listed capabilities: Text, Vision, Reasoning, Agents. Filling its 1M context window once costs $0.065 in input tokens at list price.
Pricing by host
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Alibaba is the only host with a published rate, $0.065 input / $0.26 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| Alibaba (model maker, price we quote) | $0.065 | $0.26 |
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 | $23 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $34 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $96 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $63 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $72 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $25 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $31 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $117 |
Price history
Qwen3.5-Flash has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.065 input / $0.26 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
Alternatives to Qwen3.5-Flash
None of the 4 comparable models below costs less than Qwen3.5-Flash on the blended price.
- Next cheaper model in the Budget price tier: Ministral 3 14B 2512 (Mistral) at $0.20 blended, 1% less.
- Next more expensive: Qwen3 14B (Alibaba) at $0.204 blended, 1% more.
The nearest models in the Budget price tier on Arena ELO, each with its blended price and score difference against Qwen3.5-Flash.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (Anthropic): $0.10 in / $0.50 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1399 (89% more expensive, 2 ELO points higher)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B (Alibaba): $0.14 in / $1.00 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1395 (268% more expensive, 2 ELO points lower)
- Step 3.5 Flash (StepFun): $0.10 in / $0.30 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1403 (19% more expensive, 6 ELO points higher)
- MiniMax M2.7 (MiniMax): $0.21 in / $0.84 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1405 (223% more expensive, 8 ELO points higher)
- Cheapest within 15 Arena points: Qwen3.5-Flash is itself the cheapest of the 22 models scoring within 15 points of its ELO.
- Highest Arena ELO within 20% of this price: MiMo-V2.6-Flash (Xiaomi), 18% more expensive, 54 ELO points higher, out of 9 models in that price band.
Other models from Alibaba
The 8 nearest to Qwen3.5-Flash in price, of 39 other Alibaba models in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- Qwen3.5-9B: $0.068 / $0.10
- Qwen3.7 Flash: $0.03 / $0.13
- Qwen3 14B: $0.12 / $0.24
- Qwen3 32B: $0.08 / $0.28
- Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507: $0.10 / $0.30
- Qwen3.8 Flash: $0.15 / $0.47
- Qwen3.8 Omni Flash: $0.15 / $0.47
- Qwen3 30B A3B: $0.12 / $0.50
All 40 Alibaba models and prices
Common questions about Qwen3.5-Flash pricing
- How much does Qwen3.5-Flash cost?
- Qwen3.5-Flash costs $0.065 per 1M input tokens and $0.26 per 1M output tokens. That is the model maker's own rate (Alibaba). Prices as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Which host is cheapest for Qwen3.5-Flash?
- Alibaba is the only host with a published rate, $0.065 input / $0.26 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote. Host rates as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Does Qwen3.5-Flash offer batch or cached pricing?
- No. Neither a batch rate nor a prompt-cache rate is published for Qwen3.5-Flash as of 2026-11-12.
- What would Qwen3.5-Flash cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $23 on Qwen3.5-Flash at the list price quoted on 2026-11-12.
- Can Qwen3.5-Flash be self-hosted?
- No licence is recorded for Qwen3.5-Flash, so this page does not say whether it can be self-hosted.
- Has the price of Qwen3.5-Flash changed?
- Qwen3.5-Flash has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.065 input / $0.26 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
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