Qwen Plus vs Qwen3 Coder Flash
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Qwen Plus and Qwen3 Coder Flash split the 5 rounds this table counts: the maker's two prices, the cheapest price, the maker's blended price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.
Alibaba CloudQwen Plus
1M context · tool calling
$0.16/M tokensCheapest price, at Alibaba Cloud (China) · 8.6¢ per 1,000 pages
Alibaba CloudQwen3 Coder Flash
1M context · tool calling
$0.25/M tokensCheapest price, at Alibaba Cloud (China) · $0.12 per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.40/M
$0.30/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$1.20/M
$1.50/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.16/M at Alibaba Cloud (China)
$0.25/M at Alibaba Cloud (China)
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.60/M
$0.60/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
8.6¢
$0.12
Context
1M tokens
1M tokens
Open weights
no
no
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
no
no
Reasoning
yes
no
Released
25 Jan 2024
28 Jul 2025
Providers selling it
14
13
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
not published
Providers selling both · 9
Alibaba Cloud (China)$0.16 / $0.25
Eden AI$0.39 / $0.39
Nous Portal$0.39 / $0.39
NanoGPT$0.60 / $0.60- Alibaba Cloud$0.60 / $0.60
LLM Gateway$0.60 / $0.60
LLMTR$0.60 / $0.60
Requesty$0.60 / $0.60
Qwen Plus, then Qwen3 Coder Flash, per million tokens; the 8 cheapest of 9.
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Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Qwen Plus or Qwen3 Coder Flash?
- Qwen Plus, at $0.16 per million tokens against $0.25 for Qwen3 Coder Flash, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Qwen Plus: $0.16 at Alibaba Cloud (China). Qwen3 Coder Flash: $0.25 at Alibaba Cloud (China).
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 9 providers sell both: Alibaba Cloud (China), Eden AI, Nous Portal, NanoGPT, Alibaba Cloud, LLM Gateway, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Alibaba Cloud (China).
- Which holds more context?
- Both hold 1M tokens in one call.
Prices exclude tax, read 31 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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