Qwen3 235B-A22B pricing.

Prices checked

Qwen3 235B-A22B costs $0.70 in and $2.80 out per million tokens from Alibaba Cloud; the cheapest price is $0.21 at OpenRouter, checked .

Alibaba Cloud's own price

Alibaba Cloud

$1.22/M tokens

$0.70 in · $2.80 out

39% above the typical price of the 392 text models we track.

Cheapest price

OpenRouter

$0.21/M tokens

$0.09 in · $0.55 out

83% less than Alibaba Cloud, and the provider says why.

tool callingreasoningopen weights131k contextreleased 1 Apr 2025

Every provider selling Qwen3 235B-A22B

  1. 1

    OpenRouter

    Resells

    $0.09 in · $0.55 out · 262k context here

    $0.21/M tokens
  2. 2

    $0.09 in · $0.55 out · 262k context here

    $0.21/M tokens
  3. 3

    DeepInfra

    Runs it themselves

    $0.09 in · $0.55 out · 262k context here

    $0.21/M tokens
  4. 4

    DeepInfra

    Lower precision (fp8)

    $0.09 in · $0.55 out · 262k context here

    $0.21/M tokens
  5. 5

    $0.09 in · $0.55 out · 262k context here

    $0.21/M tokens
  6. 6

    Submodel

    Same as maker

    $0.20 in · $0.30 out · 262k context here

    $0.23/M tokens
  7. 7

    Abacus

    Runs it themselves

    $0.13 in · $0.60 out · 262k context here

    $0.25/M tokens
  8. 8

    Cortecs

    Same as maker

    $0.20 in · $0.60 out · 262k context here

    $0.30/M tokens
  9. 9

    Venice

    Runs it themselves

    $0.15 in · $0.75 out · 128k context here

    $0.30/M tokens
  10. 10

    Venice

    Lower precision (fp8)

    $0.15 in · $0.75 out · 128k context here

    $0.30/M tokens
  11. 11

    $0.20 in · $0.60 out · 262k context here

    $0.30/M tokens
  12. 12

    Nscale

    Same as maker

    $0.20 in · $0.60 out · 32k context here

    $0.30/M tokens
  13. 13

    Parasail

    Lower precision (fp8)

    $0.14 in · $0.80 out

    $0.31/M tokens
  14. 14

    Jiekou

    Resells

    $0.15 in · $0.80 out

    $0.31/M tokens
  15. 15

    TrustedRouter

    Same as maker

    $0.21 in · $0.63 out

    $0.32/M tokens
  16. 16

    Jiekou

    Same as maker

    $0.20 in · $0.80 out · 41k context here

    $0.35/M tokens
  17. 17

    Novita

    Same as maker

    $0.20 in · $0.80 out · 41k context here

    $0.35/M tokens
  18. 18

    Requesty

    Same as maker

    $0.20 in · $0.80 out · 128k context here

    $0.35/M tokens
  19. 19

    Crusoe

    Runs it themselves

    $0.22 in · $0.80 out · 262k context here

    $0.36/M tokens
  20. 20

    Fireworks AI

    Runs it themselves

    $0.22 in · $0.88 out

    $0.39/M tokens
  21. 21

    Eden AI

    Regional price

    $0.25 in · $1 out · 262k context here

    $0.44/M tokens
  22. 22

    Merge Gateway

    Runs it themselves

    $0.29 in · $1.15 out

    $0.50/M tokens
  23. 23

    Alibaba Cloud (China)

    Regional price

    $0.29 in · $1.15 out

    $0.50/M tokens
  24. 24

    Qiniu

    Runs it themselves

    $0.29 in · $1.16 out · 128k context here

    $0.51/M tokens
  25. 25

    TrustedRouter

    Lower precision (fp8)

    $0.37 in · $1.48 out · 262k context here

    $0.65/M tokens

Not ranked

Below the maker's own price with nothing published to account for it, from a catalog we could not read reliably, or a free tier, which is a limit rather than a price. Why

  1. ModelScope

    Free tier

    given away with limits

    free
  2. Requesty

    Not ranked

    $0.07 in · $0.10 out · 262k context here

    $0.08/M tokens
  3. Meganova

    Not ranked

    $0.09 in · $0.10 out · 262k context here

    $0.09/M tokens
  4. NanoGPT

    Not ranked

    $0.09 in · $0.35 out · 262k context here

    $0.15/M tokens
  5. GMI Cloud

    Not ranked

    $0.09 in · $0.35 out · 262k context here

    $0.15/M tokens
  6. TensorX

    Not ranked

    $0.07 in · $0.46 out

    $0.17/M tokens
  7. Novita

    Not ranked

    $0.09 in · $0.58 out

    $0.21/M tokens
  8. Featherless

    Not ranked

    $0.46 in · $1.82 out · 33k context here

    $0.80/M tokens

Something else wrong?

What it costs for your work
pages a month
$0.59

A month at Alibaba Cloud's own price

$0.09

A month at OpenRouter, the cheapest

$0.50

What you save

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.

Evidence

Each is a measurement of the stated version and configuration. Two benchmarks are not the same test, and a score is not the chance your own work succeeds.

BFCL V4 multi-turn V4 / bfcl-eval 2025.12.17

45.38 / 100

Berkeley BFCL · model Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 · FC; multi-turn

Published 17 Oct 2026, read 31 Oct 2026

Read the source

BFCL V4 web-search V4 / bfcl-eval 2025.12.17

54 / 100

Berkeley BFCL · model Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 · FC; web-search

Published 17 Oct 2026, read 31 Oct 2026

Read the source

BFCL V4 memory V4 / bfcl-eval 2025.12.17

23.87 / 100

Berkeley BFCL · model Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 · FC; memory

Published 17 Oct 2026, read 31 Oct 2026

Read the source
How we count

Prices are per million tokens. The big number on each row is blended 3 in : 1 out, the way most work uses a model. A price below Alibaba Cloud's own is listed as cheapest only when the provider says why.

Resells
The provider sells another company's endpoint, at a margin of its own or at the maker's price.
Runs it themselves
The provider runs the open weights on hardware of its own, so the price is its own rather than a resale.
Lower precision
The open weights, served at a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
Credits
Priced in credits or points that convert to dollars, so the rate moves when the conversion does.
Same as maker
Sold by someone else at the price the maker charges.
Regional price
A price list for one region, lower than the international one. A region, not a deal.
Maker's price
What the lab that trained the model charges on its own API. Every other row is measured against it.
Costs more
Sold by someone else for more than the maker charges.
Free tier
Given away inside a quota. A limit is not a price, so it is never called cheapest.
Not ranked
Below the maker's price on a closed model with nothing to account for it, or from a catalog we could not read reliably. Listed, and never a pick.

Similar models

Models from other labs that do what Qwen3 235B-A22B does, cheapest first. Each percentage is against Qwen3 235B-A22B's cheapest price, $0.21 per M tokens.

Frequently asked

Who sells Qwen3 235B-A22B cheapest?
OpenRouter, at $0.09 in and $0.55 out per million tokens, checked 31 Oct 2026. The provider sells another company's endpoint, at a margin of its own or at the maker's price.
Is Qwen3 235B-A22B open weights?
Yes. Alibaba Cloud publishes the weights, so anyone may host Qwen3 235B-A22B, which is why 33 providers sell it and why their prices differ so much.
How much context does Qwen3 235B-A22B hold?
131,072 tokens in one call, which is about 131k, and it can call your own functions.
How does Qwen3 235B-A22B compare with the rest of the market?
At $1.22 per million tokens, Alibaba Cloud's own price is 39% above the typical $0.88 across the 392 text models we track.

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