Qwen3 235B-A22B pricing.
prices as of · 37 providers · 47 prices
Alibaba Cloud's Qwen3 235B-A22B holds 131k tokens of context and has a reasoning mode. Open weights, so anyone may host it, which is why the prices below differ so much.
Qwen3 235B-A22B costs $0.70 in and $2.80 out per million tokens from Alibaba Cloud; the cheapest price we can explain is $0.61 at OpenRouter, checked 16 Sept 2026.
Alibaba Cloud list price
$4.90/M tokens
$0.70 in · $2.80 out
read · 38% above the market median
Cheapest price we can explain
$0.61/M tokens
$0.09 in · $0.35 out · 88% under list
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What it costs for your work
Alibaba Cloud list price
$0.588a month
cheapest we can explain · OpenRouter
$0.0735a month
difference
$0.514saved
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 Qwen3 235B-A22B
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.
$0.70 / $2.80in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Cheaper, and we know why
34 pricesBelow list, with a published reason: hosting the open weights, a regional price list, credits, a stated discount.
OpenRouterRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
262k context hereOpenRouter ↗$0.09 / $0.35in / out per M
0.13×of list price
Nous PortalResells OpenRouter's catalog at 0.80× the listed price, funded by a subscription whose credits carry a 10% bonus.
262k context hereNous Portal ↗$0.09 / $0.35in / out per M
0.13×of list price
Eden AIAlibaba's China-region price list, which is lower than the international one. A region, not a deal.
$0.07 / $0.46in / out per M
0.14×of list price
CortecsRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
262k context hereCortecs ↗$0.07 / $0.47in / out per M
0.14×of list price
DeepInfraHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
262k context hereDeepInfra ↗$0.09 / $0.55in / out per M
0.17×of list price
DeepInfraServes the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
$0.09 / $0.55in / out per M
0.17×of list price
LLM GatewayRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
262k context hereLLM Gateway ↗$0.09 / $0.58in / 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.
$0.09 / $0.58in / out per M
0.17×of list price
- Submodel
Hosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
262k context here$0.20 / $0.30in / out per M
0.18×of list price
AbacusHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
262k context here$0.13 / $0.60in / out per M
0.20×of list price
Kilo GatewayRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
262k context hereKilo Gateway ↗$0.15 / $0.60in / out per M
0.21×of list price
VeniceHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
128k context hereVenice ↗$0.15 / $0.75in / out per M
0.24×of list price
VeniceServes the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
$0.15 / $0.75in / out per M
0.24×of list price
Nebius Token FactoryHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
262k context hereNebius Token Factory ↗$0.20 / $0.60in / out per M
0.24×of list price
NscaleHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
33k context hereNscale ↗$0.20 / $0.60in / out per M
0.24×of list price
Nebius Token FactoryServes the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
$0.20 / $0.60in / out per M
0.24×of list price
ParasailServes the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
fp8 precisionParasail ↗$0.14 / $0.80in / out per M
0.25×of list price
$0.15 / $0.80in / out per M
0.26×of list price
NanoGPTRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
262k context hereNanoGPT ↗$0.30 / $0.50in / out per M
0.29×of list price
LLM GatewayServes the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
$0.20 / $0.80in / out per M
0.29×of list price
NovitaServes the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
$0.20 / $0.80in / out per M
0.29×of list price
Hugging Face Inference ProvidersRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
41k context hereHugging Face Inference Providers ↗$0.20 / $0.80in / out per M
0.29×of list price
JiekouServes the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
$0.20 / $0.80in / out per M
0.29×of list price
RequestyServes the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
$0.20 / $0.80in / out per M
0.29×of list price
CrusoeHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
262k context hereCrusoe ↗$0.22 / $0.80in / out per M
0.30×of list price
showing the 25 cheapest of 34 · every row in the open dataset
Same price as the maker
4 pricesThe same price the maker charges, sold by someone else.
$0.75 / $2.25in / out per M
0.92×of list price
GreenPT47% above Alibaba Cloud's price.
262k context here$1.03 / $3.08in / out per M
1.26×of list price
$1.10 / $3.29in / out per M
1.34×of list price
$2 / $2in / out per M
1.63×of list price
Cheaper, and nobody says why
6 prices · never rankedBelow list on a closed model with nothing to account for it. Shown, never ranked, never a pick.
Requesty0.10× the list price, from one source and far below what hosting the weights costs. Listed until a second source agrees.
262k context hereRequesty ↗$0.07 / $0.10in / out per M
0.06×of list price
MeganovaLists closed models at 0.80× the maker's price across its catalog.
262k context hereMeganova ↗$0.09 / $0.10in / out per M
0.08×of list price
GMI Cloud0.13× the list price, from one source and far below what hosting the weights costs. Listed until a second source agrees.
$0.09 / $0.35in / out per M
0.13×of list price
- TensorX
0.10× the list price, from one source and far below what hosting the weights costs. Listed until a second source agrees.
131k context here$0.07 / $0.46in / out per M
0.14×of list price
$0.23 / $0.91in / out per M
0.32×of list price
FeatherlessWe could not read this provider's prices reliably, so the row is listed but never ranked.
33k context hereFeatherless ↗$0.46 / $1.82in / out per M
0.65×of list price
Given away with limits
2 free tiers · never rankedThese providers give Qwen3 235B-A22B away inside a quota of their own. A limit is not a price, so none of them counts as cheapest here or anywhere else on the site.
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Frequently asked
- Who sells Qwen3 235B-A22B cheapest?
- OpenRouter, at $0.09 in and $0.35 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. Routes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
- Is Qwen3 235B-A22B open weights?
- Yes. Alibaba Cloud publishes the weights, so anyone may host Qwen3 235B-A22B, which is why 37 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 $4.90 per million tokens, Alibaba Cloud's price is 38% above the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.