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Qwen Flash API Pricing
Qwen Flash is the legacy cheap long-context Qwen row for text workloads. Alibaba lists the International/Singapore baseline at $0.05/M input and $0.4/M output; the 256K-1M tier rises to $0.25/M input and $2/M output. Pulled directly from alibabacloud.com daily.
Input - per 1M tokens
$0.05/M
Source Alibaba Cloud flat
Output - per 1M tokens
$0.40/M
Context 1M flat
Cache N/A
$0.05/M
Cache no dollar row not listed
Effective - agentic blend
$0.08/M
92/8 split - no cache
§ 01 / TERMINAL
Run the numbers.
Live calculator pre-loaded with current Qwen Flash rates. Tweak spend, output mix, or cache assumptions and share the URL to share the calculation.
$ /mo
Workload split
Prompt cache hit rate
Tokens you can process
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Words equivalent (English)
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Effective rate
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§ 02 / SCENARIOS
Real-world presets.
LEGACY CHAT
Support assistant
$0.000/turn
RAG
Knowledge base answer
$0.001/query
LONG CONTEXT
Policy review
$0.007/doc
MIGRATION
A/B comparison
$0.001/test
§ 03 / TOKENIZER
Paste text. See tokens. See cost.
Calibrated · measured on the vendor's tokenizer · 2026-06-10 Auto-counts as you type
Counts use a chars-per-token calibration measured on the vendor's own published tokenizer (Qwen/Qwen3.5-397B-A17B, 2026-06-10). English prose is typically within a few percent; code and non-Latin scripts tokenize heavier. For billing-exact counts use the vendor's count-tokens API.
Characters 413
Words 63
Tokens (estimated) 79 tokens
Cost as input · uncached $0.000004 USD
Cost as output · uncached $0.000032 USD
Cost as cached input $0.000004 USD
| Model | Input /M | Output /M | Effective blended | Context | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen Flash Current | $0.05 | $0.40 | $0.08 agentic 92/8 | 1M | Legacy cheap long-context apps |
| Qwen 3.5 Plus | $0.40 | $2.40 | $0.56 pricier | 256K | Current Qwen production default |
| Qwen 3.5 Flash | $0.10 | $0.40 | $0.12 pricier | 1M | Cheap long-context Qwen traffic |
| Qwen Max (2.5) | $1.60 | $6.40 | $1.98 pricier | 32K | Legacy Qwen 2.5 compatibility |
| Qwen Plus (2.5) | $0.40 | $1.20 | $0.46 pricier | 131K | Legacy balanced Qwen apps |
| Qwen Turbo | $0.05 | $0.20 | $0.06 cheaper | 1M | Deprecated Turbo compatibility |
| GPT-5.4 mini | $0.75 cache $0.07 | $4.50 | $0.54 pricier | 400K | OpenAI mini coding and CUA |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | $0.30 cache $0.03 | $2.50 | $0.27 pricier | 1M | Google long-context Flash workloads |
Frequently asked.
Practical pricing questions, separated from calculator assumptions and regional tiers.
Q · 01 What is Qwen Flash priced at? +
Qwen Flash is listed at
$0.05/M input and $0.4/M output in Alibaba Cloud Model Studio's International/Singapore deployment section. The page stores USD per-million-token pricing.Q · 02 What replaced Qwen Flash? +
Qwen 3.5 Flash is the newer Alibaba row to compare first for new projects. Qwen Flash remains listed for compatibility, but new traffic should usually benchmark the replacement before staying on the legacy SKU.
Q · 03 Does this page use International or Global pricing? +
This page uses Alibaba Cloud Model Studio International deployment pricing, where endpoint and data storage are in Singapore and inference resources are dynamically scheduled globally excluding Chinese Mainland. Global, US, EU, China (Hong Kong), and Chinese Mainland sections can list different prices.
Q · 04 Is prompt caching priced separately? +
Alibaba marks context-cache support on some Qwen rows, but this row does not publish a concrete cache-read dollar price in the pricing table. The calculator therefore treats cached input as the same
$0.05/M baseline instead of inventing a discount.Q · 05 How is the effective price calculated? +
AI//COST uses the same 92/8 agentic blend everywhere. With no separate cache-read price published for this row, Qwen Flash's effective blended cost is
$0.08/M.Q · 06 Is there a Batch Invocation discount? +
Alibaba documents Batch Invocation as 50% off real-time input and output tokens for supported Qwen rows. The quote tiles show real-time list pricing; batch economics should be treated as a separate calculator variant.
Q · 07 Does Alibaba include a free quota? +
Many International Model Studio rows include a 1 million token free quota that is valid for 90 days after activating Model Studio. Free-quota eligibility is deployment- and model-specific, so production estimates should use the paid list prices shown here.