Qwen3.8 Flash pricing
Qwen3.8 Flash is a multimodal reasoning model from Alibaba. It is suited for coding assistance, agentic workflows, visual understanding, document and codebase analysis, desktop interaction, chart analysis, and long-video analysis. Qwen3.8 Flash from Alibaba (Qwen) costs $0.150 per 1M input tokens and $0.470 per 1M output tokens. Cached input is $0.016 per 1M. Context window 1,000,000 tokens.
API id qwen3.8-flash · Alibaba (Qwen) · source · updated 2026-09-25 · general-purpose
Qwen3.8 Flash specifications
- Provider
- Alibaba (Qwen)
- API id
qwen3.8-flash- Model type
- general-purpose
- Context window
- 1M tokens
- Max output
- 131K tokens
- Currency
- USD
- Price source
- Provider API
- Last checked
- 2026-09-25
Tags
- fast
- vision
Qwen3.8 Flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.090 | — | $0.280 | $0.37 | −40% | |
DeepInfraHost | $0.113 | $0.014 | $0.382 | $0.49 | −20% |
| $0.150 | $0.016 | $0.470 | $0.62 | — | |
OpenRouterHost | $0.150 | $0.016 | $0.470 | $0.62 | — |
What Qwen3.8 Flash costs in practice
| Workload | Input tokens | Output tokens | Estimated cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short chat turn | 1,000 | 500 | $0.0004 |
| Document summary | 50,000 | 2,000 | $0.0084 |
| 1M tokens in, 200K out | 1,000,000 | 200,000 | $0.24 |
Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.
Qwen3.8 Flash price history
| Recorded | Input /1M | Output /1M |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | $0.090 | $0.280 |
| 2026-09-01 | $0.150 | $0.470 |
| 2026-08-27 | $0.150 | $0.470 |
| 2026-08-27 | $0.160 | $0.470 |
Common questions
- How much does Qwen3.8 Flash cost per 1M tokens?
- Qwen3.8 Flash costs $0.150 per 1M input tokens and $0.470 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier. Cached input is $0.016 per 1M.
- What is Qwen3.8 Flash's context window?
- Qwen3.8 Flash accepts up to 1,000,000 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 131,072 output tokens.
- Is there a cheaper Qwen model than Qwen3.8 Flash?
- Yes. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is $0.100 per 1M input tokens versus $0.150 for Qwen3.8 Flash, with a 32,768 token context window.
- Where does this Qwen3.8 Flash 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
Other Qwen models
- Qwen3.8 Max Prime $4.00
- Qwen3.8 Omni Flash $0.150
- Qwen3.8 Max (0902) $2.00
- Qwen3.8 27B $0.420
- Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B $2.00
- Qwen3.7 Flash $0.030
- Qwen3.7 Plus $0.320
- Qwen3.7 Max $1.48
- Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 $0.300
- Qwen3.6 Flash $0.188
- Qwen3.6 35B A3B $0.150
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview $1.03
- Qwen3.6 27B $0.320
- Qwen3.6 Plus $0.325
- Qwen3.5-9B $0.100
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B $0.313