Qwen3.8 Flash API pricing
Alibaba · Budget price tier · Qwen · released 2026-08. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-10-22.
Qwen3.8 Flash has held the same list price since 2026-08-27 and is the 72nd cheapest of 164 models in the Budget price tier. Only one host, Alibaba, sells it, so there is no second price to shop. No Arena score is published for it, so it carries no Efficiency score and cannot hold the FinOps Friendly badge.
- Input: $0.15 per 1M tokens
- Output: $0.47 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): Not published
- Prompt-cache read: $0.016 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 1M tokens
- Arena ELO: Not published
Market position
On blended price ($0.374 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 56% of models in the Budget price tier: 72nd cheapest of 164, tied with one other. Across every price tier it is cheaper than 77% of priced text models in the catalogue: 72nd cheapest of 308, tied with one other.
Licence, size and capabilities
Qwen3.8 Flash is open weights, which is not the same as open source: the weights are published, but under Qwen, a licence that restricts some uses. Read it before self-hosting commercially. Its parameter count is not published. Listed capabilities: Text, Vision, Reasoning, Agents. Filling its 1M context window once costs $0.15 in input tokens at list price.
Pricing by host
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Alibaba is the only host with a published rate, $0.15 input / $0.47 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| Alibaba (model maker, price we quote) | $0.15 | $0.47 |
List prices as published on 2026-10-22, 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 | $34 – $46 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $49 – $68 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $193 – $206 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $115 – $122 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $119 – $139 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $45 – $51 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $60 – $63 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $175 – $231 |
Price history
Qwen3.8 Flash entered our daily price archive on 2026-08-27; tracking began on 2026-08-15. It listed at $0.15 input / $0.47 output per 1M tokens that day. No list price change since 2026-08-27. Last checked against the 2026-10-22 snapshot.
Alternatives to Qwen3.8 Flash
- Next cheaper model in the Budget price tier: Ternary Bonsai 2 27B (prism-ml) at $0.3725 blended, under 1% less.
- Next more expensive: DeepSeek V3.2 (DeepSeek) at $0.378 blended, 1% more.
Other models from Alibaba
The 8 nearest to Qwen3.8 Flash in price, of 41 other Alibaba models in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- Qwen3 14B: $0.12 / $0.24
- Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct: $0.07 / $0.28
- Qwen3 32B: $0.08 / $0.28
- Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507: $0.09 / $0.30
- Qwen3.8 Omni Flash: $0.15 / $0.47
- Qwen3 30B A3B: $0.12 / $0.50
- Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: $0.36 / $0.40
- Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507: $0.09 / $0.55
All 42 Alibaba models and prices
Common questions about Qwen3.8 Flash pricing
- How much does Qwen3.8 Flash cost?
- Qwen3.8 Flash costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.47 per 1M output tokens. That is the model maker's own rate (Alibaba). Prices as listed on 2026-10-22.
- Which host is cheapest for Qwen3.8 Flash?
- Alibaba is the only host with a published rate, $0.15 input / $0.47 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote. Host rates as listed on 2026-10-22.
- Does Qwen3.8 Flash offer batch or cached pricing?
- Yes, for prompt caching only. Cache reads cost $0.016 per 1M tokens, as listed on 2026-10-22. No batch pricing is published.
- What would Qwen3.8 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 $46 on Qwen3.8 Flash at the list price quoted on 2026-10-22.
- Can Qwen3.8 Flash be self-hosted?
- Yes, within the terms of its licence. Qwen3.8 Flash is open weights, which is not the same as open source: the weights are published, but under Qwen, a licence that restricts some uses. Read it before self-hosting commercially.
- Has the price of Qwen3.8 Flash changed?
- Qwen3.8 Flash entered our daily price archive on 2026-08-27; tracking began on 2026-08-15. It listed at $0.15 input / $0.47 output per 1M tokens that day. No list price change since 2026-08-27. Last checked against the 2026-10-22 snapshot.
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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