Qwen Flash pricing.
prices as of · 8 providers · 8 prices
Alibaba Cloud's Qwen Flash holds 1M tokens of context and has a reasoning mode. Closed weights: only Alibaba Cloud and its licensed partners run it, so every other price below resells the same service.
Qwen Flash costs $0.05 in and $0.40 out per million tokens from Alibaba Cloud; the cheapest price we can explain is $0.28 at Alibaba Cloud (China), checked 16 Sept 2026.
Alibaba Cloud list price
$0.55/M tokens
$0.05 in · $0.40 out
read · 85% below the market median
Cheapest price we can explain
$0.28/M tokens
$0.02 in · $0.22 out · 49% under list
Alibaba Cloud (China)read
What it costs for your work
Alibaba Cloud list price
$0.054a month
cheapest we can explain · Alibaba Cloud (China)
$0.0262a month
difference
$0.0278saved
A page is about 600 tokens in and 60 out, a support reply 200 in and 300 out, an email 150 in and 250 out. Nothing else is counted: no cache discount, no batch rate, no free tier.
Every provider selling Qwen Flash
Four groups, decided by the price and by what the provider publishes about it. Prices are per million tokens, and the share is that row against Alibaba Cloud's price.
The maker's list price
1 priceWhat the lab that trained the model charges on its own API.
Alibaba CloudThe price Alibaba Cloud charges for the model it trained. Every row below is measured against it.
$0.05 / $0.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Cheaper, and we know why
2 pricesBelow list, with a published reason: hosting the open weights, a regional price list, credits, a stated discount.
- Alibaba Cloud (China)
Alibaba's China-region Model Studio, which prices the Qwen models below the international list. A region, not a deal.
$0.02 / $0.22in / out per M
0.51×of list price
Eden AIAlibaba's China-region price list, which is lower than the international one. A region, not a deal.
$0.03 / $0.26in / out per M
0.65×of list price
Same price as the maker
3 pricesThe same price the maker charges, sold by someone else.
$0.05 / $0.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.05 / $0.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.05 / $0.42in / out per M
1.06×of list price
Cheaper, and nobody says why
2 prices · never rankedBelow list on a closed model with nothing to account for it. Shown, never ranked, never a pick.
Merge Gateway0.44× Alibaba Cloud's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$0.02 / $0.22in / out per M
0.51×of list price
Ofox0.44× Alibaba Cloud's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$0.02 / $0.22in / out per M
0.52×of list price
Frequently asked
- Who sells Qwen Flash cheapest?
- Alibaba Cloud (China), at $0.02 in and $0.22 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. Alibaba's China-region Model Studio, which prices the Qwen models below the international list. A region, not a deal.
- Is Qwen Flash open weights?
- No. Alibaba Cloud keeps the weights, so every price on this page is Alibaba Cloud's own or a resale of it. A price below list here needs a published reason, or it is listed and never ranked.
- How much context does Qwen Flash hold?
- 1,000,000 tokens in one call, which is about 1M, and it can call your own functions.
- How does Qwen Flash compare with the rest of the market?
- At $0.55 per million tokens, Alibaba Cloud's price is 85% below the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.