Qwen3 30B A3B pricing

Qwen3 30B A3B from Alibaba (Qwen) costs $0.120 per 1M input tokens and $0.500 per 1M output tokens. Context window 131,072 tokens.

API id qwen3-30b-a3b · Alibaba (Qwen) · source · updated 2026-08-11

$0.120
Input / 1M tokens
$0.500
Output / 1M tokens
Cached input / 1M
131K
Context window

What Qwen3 30B A3B costs in practice

Estimated cost at common usage volumes
WorkloadInput tokensOutput tokensEstimated cost
Short chat turn1,000500$0.0004
Document summary50,0002,000$0.0070
1M tokens in, 200K out1,000,000200,000$0.22

Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.

Common questions

How much does Qwen3 30B A3B cost per 1M tokens?
Qwen3 30B A3B costs $0.120 per 1M input tokens and $0.500 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.
What is Qwen3 30B A3B's context window?
Qwen3 30B A3B accepts up to 131,072 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 16,384 output tokens.
Is there a cheaper Qwen model than Qwen3 30B A3B?
Yes. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is $0.100 per 1M input tokens versus $0.120 for Qwen3 30B A3B, with a 32,768 token context window.
Where does this Qwen3 30B A3B price come from?
From the OpenRouter catalogue, because Alibaba (Qwen) does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from Alibaba (Qwen)'s own — verify before committing spend.

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