Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct API Pricing
Retired October 10, 2026: Alibaba took qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct offline on that date, and calls to it now fail; the model is gone from Alibaba's pricing page. Alibaba recommends Qwen3.7 Plus instead. Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is an Alibaba Qwen3 text model priced from the Singapore/International row of Model Studio. The verified rate is $0.15/M input and $1.2/M output. Qwen documents it as the non-thinking Qwen3 Next variant.
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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.
| Model | Input /M | Output /M | Effective blended | Context | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct Current | $0.15 | $1.20 | $0.234 agentic 92/8 | 262K | Fast non-thinking Qwen3 Next calls |
| Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | $0.15 | $1.20 | $0.234 retired | 262K | Qwen3 sibling |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | $0.23 | $2.30 | $0.396 retired | 262K | Qwen3 sibling |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | $0.23 | $0.92 | $0.285 retired | 262K | Qwen3 sibling |
| Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 | $0.20 | $2.40 | $0.376 retired | 262K | Qwen3 sibling |
| Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | $0.20 | $0.80 | $0.248 retired | 262K | Qwen3 sibling |
| Qwen3 30B A3B | $0.20 | $0.80 | $0.248 retired | 128K | Qwen3 sibling |
| Qwen3 8B | $0.18 | $0.70 | $0.222 retired | 128K | Qwen3 sibling |
| Qwen3.7 Plus | $0.40 | $1.60 | $0.496 +2.1× · promo | 1M | Current Plus tier |
| Qwen3.7 Max | $2.50 | $7.50 | $2.90 +12× | 1M | Current Max flagship |
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Q · 01 When did Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct stop working? +
qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct would go offline on October 10, 2026 (00:00, UTC+8) in the Beijing and Singapore regions, and it has: on October 21, 2026 the model is no longer on Alibaba's pricing page, and calls to it fail. Its notice recommends Qwen3.7 Plus. The rates on this page are the last Alibaba published.