Which is cheaper, Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 or Qwen3.8 Flash?

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507, at $0.34 per million tokens against $0.72 for Qwen3.8 Flash, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507: $0.34 at Nous Portal. Qwen3.8 Flash: $0.72 at Eden AI.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 10 providers sell both: Eden AI, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Jiekou, Novita, Alibaba Cloud, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.

Which holds more context?

Qwen3.8 Flash, at 1M tokens against 262k.

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 vs Qwen3.8 Flash.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 takes 3 of 5 rounds against Qwen3.8 Flash. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.34 per million tokens against $0.72.

Alibaba Cloudwins 3 rounds

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

$0.34/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Nous Portal · $0.0404 per 1,000 pages

262k context · tool calling · open weights

Nous Portal ↗

Alibaba Cloud

Qwen3.8 Flash

$0.72/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Eden AI · $0.0907 per 1,000 pages

1M context · tool calling · reads images

Eden AI ↗

List price in (lower wins)

$0.13/M

$0.15/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.52/M

$0.47/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$0.34/M at Nous Portal

$0.72/M at Eden AI

Standard price (lower wins)

$0.91/M

$0.92/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.0404

$0.0907

Context

262k tokens

1M tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

yes

Released

29 Jul 2025

26 Aug 2026

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

Providers selling both · 10

Eden AI$0.49 / $0.72
Nous Portal$0.34 / $0.92
OpenRouter$0.34 / $0.92
Jiekou$0.72 / $0.92
Novita$0.72 / $0.92
Alibaba Cloud$0.91 / $0.92
Kilo Gateway$0.91 / $0.92
NanoGPT$1.10 / $0.84

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 then Qwen3.8 Flash, per million tokens · showing the 8 cheapest of 10

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What moved in the last seven days

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Alibaba CloudAlibaba Cloud's list price, in and out per million tokens$0.09 / $0.30 $0.13 / $0.5260% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Nous Portal$0.04 / $0.15 $0.05 / $0.1925% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507OpenRouter$0.09 / $0.30 $0.05 / $0.1941% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Requesty$0.10 / $0.30 $0.20 / $0.80133% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3.8 FlashEden AI$0.10 / $0.31 $0.11 / $0.3821% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3.8 FlashNous Portal$0.12 / $0.38 $0.15 / $0.4725% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3.8 FlashTrustedRouter$0.16 / $0.50 $0.12 / $0.4022% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3.8 FlashVercel AI Gateway$0.16 / $0.47 $0.15 / $0.473% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3.8 FlashOfox$0.15 / $0.47 $0.11 / $0.3922% cheaper · 11 Sept 2026
Qwen3.8 FlashZenifra$0.90 / $2.50 $0.60 / $227% cheaper · 11 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 or Qwen3.8 Flash?: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507, at $0.34 per million tokens against $0.72 for Qwen3.8 Flash, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507: $0.34 at Nous Portal. Qwen3.8 Flash: $0.72 at Eden AI.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 10 providers sell both: Eden AI, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Jiekou, Novita, Alibaba Cloud, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.
Which holds more context?: Qwen3.8 Flash, at 1M tokens against 262k.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.