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Qwen3 8B API Pricing

Qwen3 8B is an Alibaba Qwen3 text model priced from the Singapore/International row of Model Studio. The verified rate is $0.18/M input and $0.7/M output. The Qwen3 launch blog lists Qwen3 8B as an Apache 2.0 dense model with 128K context.

Input - per 1M tokens
$0.18/M
Source Alibaba Model Studio flat
Output - per 1M tokens
$0.70/M
Mode non-thinking baseline flat
Thinking output $2.1/M
$2.10/M
Thinking chain + answer reasoning
Effective - agentic blend
$0.22/M
92/8 split - no cache
§ 01 / TERMINAL

Run the numbers.

Live calculator pre-loaded with the verified International Qwen3 8B rates. Use it for invoice checks, agent traces, and scenario planning before large Model Studio runs.

$ /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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Open full calculator (all models · share URL · CSV) →
§ 02 / SCENARIOS

Real-world presets.

CHATBOT

Support answer

$0.0013/turn
4,000 in - 900 out~74,074 units/$100
RAG

Policy analysis

$0.013/query
65,000 in - 2,200 out~7,553 units/$100
CODING

Function rewrite

$0.0057/task
18,000 in - 3,500 out~17,575 units/$100
BATCH

Document summary

$0.0052/doc
24,000 in - 1,200 out~19,380 units/$100
§ 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 392
Words 58
Tokens (estimated) 75 tokens
Cost as input · uncached $0.00001 USD
Cost as output · uncached $0.00005 USD
Cost as cached input $0.00001 USD
§ 04 / SHELF

Up against the shelf.

All models →
Model Input /M Output /M Effective blended Context Best for
Qwen3 8B Current $0.18 $0.70 $0.22 agentic 92/8 128K Small open Qwen3 deployment
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking $0.15 $1.20 $0.23 thinking 262K Qwen3 sibling
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct $0.15 $1.20 $0.23 sibling 262K Qwen3 sibling
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 $0.23 $2.30 $0.40 thinking 262K Qwen3 sibling
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 $0.23 $0.92 $0.29 sibling 262K Qwen3 sibling
Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 $0.20 $2.40 $0.38 thinking 262K Qwen3 sibling
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 $0.20 $0.80 $0.25 sibling 262K Qwen3 sibling
Qwen3 30B A3B $0.20 $0.80 $0.25 sibling 128K Qwen3 sibling
Qwen3.7 Plus $0.40 $1.60 $0.50 sibling 1M Current Plus tier
Qwen3.7 Max $2.50 $7.50 $2.90 sibling 1M Current Max flagship
§ 05 / DEEP LINKS

Specific scenarios.

All calculators →

Audit links

Provider hub →

Frequently asked.

Short answers for teams comparing Qwen3 8B against other current Qwen3 text models.

Q · 01 What is the Qwen3 8B input price? +
Alibaba's Singapore/International pricing row lists $0.18/M for input tokens. Alibaba publishes that row in US dollars, so no currency conversion is involved.
Q · 02 What is the Qwen3 8B output price? +
Qwen3 8B is shown at $0.7/M output on this page. Alibaba's International row prices non-thinking output at that rate and thinking output at $2.1/M.
Q · 03 Does Alibaba list prompt-cache pricing for this row? +
No exact cache-read token price is listed in the verified row, so the calculator keeps cache disabled instead of inventing a discount.
Q · 04 Why does this page use International pricing? +
AI//COST uses the Singapore/International row for Alibaba pages because it is the relevant baseline for non-mainland deployment and differs from some US/EU global rows.
Q · 05 Is this a text LLM page only? +
Yes. This page covers the text/code API model. Audio, image, and video models are intentionally handled separately.
Q · 06 Where did the context window come from? +
Context comes from Qwen's official model/blog documentation: Qwen3 launch blog lists Qwen3-8B with 128K context. Pricing comes separately from Alibaba Model Studio.
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Reviewed by Yaroslav Vikhariev Founder - AI//COST - Last verified Jun 09, 2026 - Source: help.aliyun.com
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