Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct pricing.
prices as of · 25 providers · 28 prices
Alibaba Cloud's Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct holds 131k tokens of context. Open weights, so anyone may host it, which is why the prices below differ so much.
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct costs $0.50 in and $2 out per million tokens from Alibaba Cloud; the cheapest price we can explain is $1.01 at Alibaba Cloud (China), checked 16 Sept 2026.
Alibaba Cloud list price
$3.50/M tokens
$0.50 in · $2 out
read · 1% below the market median
Cheapest price we can explain
$1.01/M tokens
$0.14 in · $0.57 out · 71% under list
Alibaba Cloud (China)read
What it costs for your work
Alibaba Cloud list price
$0.42a month
cheapest we can explain · Alibaba Cloud (China)
$0.121a month
difference
$0.299saved
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-Next 80B-A3B 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.
$0.50 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Cheaper, and we know why
24 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.
$0.14 / $0.57in / out per M
0.29×of list price
Merge GatewayHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
$0.14 / $0.57in / out per M
0.29×of list price
Kilo GatewayRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
262k context hereKilo Gateway ↗$0.10 / $0.78in / out per M
0.31×of list price
NanoGPTRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
262k context hereNanoGPT ↗$0.15 / $0.65in / out per M
0.31×of list price
OpenRouterRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
262k context hereOpenRouter ↗$0.09 / $1.10in / out per M
0.39×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 / $1.10in / out per M
0.39×of list price
Eden AIAlibaba's China-region price list, which is lower than the international one. A region, not a deal.
$0.09 / $1.10in / out per M
0.39×of list price
- DeepInfra
Serves the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
$0.09 / $1.10in / out per M
0.39×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 / $1.10in / out per M
0.39×of list price
ParasailServes the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
$0.10 / $1.10in / out per M
0.40×of list price
TrustedRouterRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
262k context hereTrustedRouter ↗$0.10 / $1.16in / out per M
0.41×of list price
Charm HyperHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
262k context here$0.12 / $1.14in / out per M
0.43×of list price
io.net IntelligenceHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
262k context hereio.net Intelligence ↗$0.12 / $1.14in / out per M
0.43×of list price
$0.15 / $1.20in / out per M
0.47×of list price
Vercel AI GatewayRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
$0.15 / $1.20in / out per M
0.47×of list price
NeonHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
$0.15 / $1.20in / out per M
0.47×of list price
GoogleHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
262k context hereGoogle ↗$0.15 / $1.20in / out per M
0.47×of list price
Hugging Face Inference ProvidersRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
262k context hereHugging Face Inference Providers ↗$0.25 / $1in / out per M
0.50×of list price
HeliconeHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
262k context here$0.14 / $1.40in / out per M
0.52×of list price
NovitaHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
$0.15 / $1.50in / out per M
0.56×of list price
$0.15 / $1.50in / out per M
0.56×of list price
Jalapeno CloudHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
129k context here$0.15 / $1.50in / out per M
0.56×of list price
Together AIHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
262k context hereTogether AI ↗$0.15 / $1.50in / out per M
0.56×of list price
- Novita
Hosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision bf16.
bf16 precisionNovita ↗$0.15 / $1.50in / out per M
0.56×of list price
Same price as the maker
1 priceThe same price the maker charges, sold by someone else.
$0.90 / $0.90in / out per M
1.03×of list price
Cheaper, and nobody says why
1 price · never rankedBelow list on a closed model with nothing to account for it. Shown, never ranked, never a pick.
FeatherlessWe could not read this provider's prices reliably, so the row is listed but never ranked.
33k context hereFeatherless ↗$0.13 / $1.15in / out per M
0.44×of list price
Given away with limits
1 free tiers · never rankedThese providers give Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct 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-Next 80B-A3B Instruct cheapest?
- Alibaba Cloud (China), at $0.14 in and $0.57 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 Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct open weights?
- Yes. Alibaba Cloud publishes the weights, so anyone may host Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct, which is why 25 providers sell it and why their prices differ so much.
- How much context does Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct hold?
- 131,072 tokens in one call, which is about 131k, and it can call your own functions.
- How does Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct compare with the rest of the market?
- At $3.50 per million tokens, Alibaba Cloud's price is 1% below the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.