Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct pricing
Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct is a multimodal vision-language model from the Qwen3-VL series, built for high-fidelity understanding and reasoning across text, images, and video. Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct from Alibaba (Qwen) costs $0.250 per 1M input tokens and $0.750 per 1M output tokens. Cached input is $0.120 per 1M. Context window 262,144 tokens.
API id qwen3-vl-8b-instruct · Alibaba (Qwen) · source · updated 2026-11-10 · general-purpose
$0.250
Input / 1M tokens
$0.750
Output / 1M tokens
$0.120
Cached input / 1M
262K
Context window
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct specifications
- Provider
- Alibaba (Qwen)
- API id
qwen3-vl-8b-instruct- Model type
- general-purpose
- Context window
- 262K tokens
- Max output
- 236K tokens
- Currency
- USD
- Price source
- Provider API
- Last checked
- 2026-11-10
Tags
- vision
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct across providers
The same model, priced by every seller we track. Ranked by the cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens, standard tier; savings measured against buying from the vendor directly.
| Provider | Input /1M | Cached /1M | Output /1M | 1M in + 1M out | vs vendor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.250 | $0.120 | $0.750 | $1.00 | — | |
OpenRouterHost | $0.250 | $0.120 | $0.750 | $1.00 | — |
What Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct costs in practice
| Workload | Input tokens | Output tokens | Estimated cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short chat turn | 1,000 | 500 | $0.0006 |
| Document summary | 50,000 | 2,000 | $0.01 |
| 1M tokens in, 200K out | 1,000,000 | 200,000 | $0.40 |
Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct price history
| Recorded | Input /1M | Output /1M |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-10 | $0.250 | $0.750 |
| 2026-08-11 | $0.117 | $0.455 |
Common questions
- How much does Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct cost per 1M tokens?
- Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct costs $0.250 per 1M input tokens and $0.750 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier. Cached input is $0.120 per 1M.
- What is Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct's context window?
- Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct accepts up to 262,144 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 235,929 output tokens.
- Is there a cheaper Qwen model than Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?
- Yes. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is $0.100 per 1M input tokens versus $0.250 for Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct, with a 32,768 token context window.
- Where does this Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct 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.
Head-to-head comparisons
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