Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct pricing.
prices as of · 15 providers · 15 prices
Alibaba Cloud's Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct holds 131k tokens of context and reads images as well as text. Open weights, so anyone may host it, which is why the prices below differ so much.
Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct costs $2.80 in and $8.40 out per million tokens from Alibaba Cloud; the cheapest price we can explain is $2.80 at NanoGPT, checked 16 Sept 2026.
Alibaba Cloud list price
$16.80/M tokens
$2.80 in · $8.40 out
read · 373% above the market median
Cheapest price we can explain
$2.80/M tokens
$0.70 in · $0.70 out · 83% under list
NanoGPTread
What it costs for your work
Alibaba Cloud list price
$2.18a month
cheapest we can explain · NanoGPT
$0.462a month
difference
$1.72saved
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 Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct
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.
$2.80 / $8.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Cheaper, and we know why
12 pricesBelow list, with a published reason: hosting the open weights, a regional price list, credits, a stated discount.
$0.70 / $0.70in / out per M
0.17×of list price
NovitaHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
33k context hereNovita ↗$0.80 / $0.80in / out per M
0.19×of list price
$0.80 / $0.80in / out per M
0.19×of list price
OpenRouterRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
128k context hereOpenRouter ↗$0.80 / $1in / out per M
0.20×of list price
Kilo GatewayRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
128k context hereKilo Gateway ↗$0.80 / $1in / out per M
0.20×of list price
ParasailServes the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
$0.80 / $1in / out per M
0.20×of list price
TrustedRouterRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
128k context hereTrustedRouter ↗$0.84 / $1.06in / out per M
0.21×of list price
OVHcloud AI EndpointsHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
33k context hereOVHcloud AI Endpoints ↗$1.01 / $1.01in / out per M
0.24×of list price
Eden AIAlibaba's China-region price list, which is lower than the international one. A region, not a deal.
33k context hereEden AI ↗$1.01 / $1.01in / out per M
0.24×of list price
$1.05 / $1.05in / out per M
0.25×of list price
Alibaba Cloud (China)Alibaba's China-region Model Studio, which prices the Qwen models below the international list. A region, not a deal.
$2.29 / $6.88in / out per M
0.82×of list price
Together AIHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
$1.95 / $8in / out per M
0.82×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.
Nebius Token Factory0.09× the list price, from one source and far below what hosting the weights costs. Listed until a second source agrees.
32k context hereNebius Token Factory ↗$0.25 / $0.75in / out per M
0.09×of list price
FeatherlessWe could not read this provider's prices reliably, so the row is listed but never ranked.
33k context hereFeatherless ↗$0.80 / $1in / out per M
0.20×of list price
Frequently asked
- Who sells Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct cheapest?
- NanoGPT, at $0.70 in and $0.70 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. Routes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
- Is Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct open weights?
- Yes. Alibaba Cloud publishes the weights, so anyone may host Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct, which is why 15 providers sell it and why their prices differ so much.
- How much context does Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct hold?
- 131,072 tokens in one call, which is about 131k, and it can call your own functions.
- How does Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct compare with the rest of the market?
- At $16.80 per million tokens, Alibaba Cloud's price is 373% above the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.