Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking API pricing
Alibaba · Budget price tier · Apache 2.0 · released 2025-10. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-11-12.
A support ticket workload of 100K requests a month costs $93.50 on Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking; the next cheaper model in the Budget price tier for this workload, DeepSeek V3, does it for $92.50. The price we quote for Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking has changed once since 2026-08-15, most recently on 2026-10-10 when the quoted host changed (-54.8%); it is now the 114th cheapest of 160 models in the Budget price tier. Only one host, SiliconFlow, 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: $0.29 per 1M tokens
- Output: $1.00 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): Not published
- Prompt-cache read: Not published
- Context window: 262K tokens
- Arena ELO: Not published
Market position
On blended price ($0.787 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 29% of models in the Budget price tier: 114th cheapest of 160. Across every price tier it is cheaper than 63% of priced text models in the catalogue: 114th cheapest of 303. No Arena score has been published for Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking, so this page does not rank it on quality and OptimNow's quality bars do not apply to it. 77 of the 160 models we list in the Budget price tier carry one. An unranked model is unmeasured, not poor: the benchmark needs votes, and a recent release has not had time to collect them.
Licence, size and capabilities
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking 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, Vision, Reasoning, Agents. Filling its 262K context window once costs $0.076 in input tokens at list price.
Pricing by host
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SiliconFlow is the only host with a published rate, $0.29 input / $1.00 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote. It serves a quantized fp8 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Precision |
|---|---|---|---|
| SiliconFlow (price we quote) | $0.29 | $1.00 | 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 | $94 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $138 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $410 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $253 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $287 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $103 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $128 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $474 |
Price history
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.20 input / $2.40 output per 1M tokens. The price we quote has changed once since then, and that was a change of quoted host rather than a repricing. The latest change, on 2026-10-10, was -54.8% on the blended price (30% input, 70% output), to $0.29 input / $1.00 output (quoted host changed, not a repricing).
| Date | Old price (in / out) | New price (in / out) | Blended change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-10 | $0.20 / $2.40 | $0.29 / $1.00 | -54.8% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) |
Alternatives to Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking carries no Arena score, so this page cannot place it against models of comparable quality. The alternatives below are its nearest neighbours on price in the Budget price tier.
- Next cheaper model in the Budget price tier: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus (DeepSeek) at $0.781 blended, 1% less.
- Next more expensive: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (Alibaba) at $0.79 blended, under 1% more.
Other models from Alibaba
The 8 nearest to Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking in price, of 39 other Alibaba models in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- Qwen-Plus: $0.26 / $0.78
- Qwen3.6 35B A3B: $0.10 / $0.90
- Qwen3 Coder Flash: $0.195 / $0.975
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B: $0.14 / $1.00
- Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: $0.30 / $1.00
- Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct: $0.09 / $1.10
- Qwen3.6 Flash: $0.1875 / $1.125
- Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: $0.66 / $1.00
All 40 Alibaba models and prices
Common questions about Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking pricing
- How much does Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking cost?
- Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking costs $0.29 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens at SiliconFlow, the host whose rate we quote. SiliconFlow 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 VL 30B A3B Thinking?
- SiliconFlow is the only host with a published rate, $0.29 input / $1.00 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote. It serves a quantized fp8 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model. Host rates as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Does Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking offer batch or cached pricing?
- No. Neither a batch rate nor a prompt-cache rate is published for Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking as of 2026-11-12.
- What would Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $94 on Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking at the list price quoted on 2026-11-12.
- Can Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking be self-hosted?
- Yes. Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking 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 VL 30B A3B Thinking changed?
- Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.20 input / $2.40 output per 1M tokens. The price we quote has changed once since then, and that was a change of quoted host rather than a repricing. The latest change, on 2026-10-10, was -54.8% on the blended price (30% input, 70% output), to $0.29 input / $1.00 output (quoted host changed, not a repricing).
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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