Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) pricing.

prices as of · 21 providers · 21 prices

Alibaba Cloud's Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) 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-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) costs $0.50 in and $6 out per million tokens from Alibaba Cloud; the cheapest price we can explain is $1.07 at Eden AI, checked 16 Sept 2026.

tool callingreasoningopen weights131k contextreleased 1 Sept 2025

Alibaba Cloud list price

$7.50/M tokens

$0.50 in · $6 out

read · 111% above the market median

Cheapest price we can explain

$1.07/M tokens

$0.10 in · $0.78 out · 86% under list

Eden AI
View at Eden AI

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What it costs for your work

pages a month

Alibaba Cloud list price

$0.66a month

cheapest we can explain · Eden AI

$0.105a month

difference

$0.555saved

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 (Thinking)

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 price

What the lab that trained the model charges on its own API.

  • Alibaba Cloud

    The price Alibaba Cloud charges for the model it trained. Every row below is measured against it.

    $0.50 / $6in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

Cheaper, and we know why

19 prices

Below list, with a published reason: hosting the open weights, a regional price list, credits, a stated discount.

  • Eden AI

    Alibaba's China-region price list, which is lower than the international one. A region, not a deal.

    $0.10 / $0.78in / out per M

    0.14×of list price

  • NanoGPT

    Routes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.

    256k context hereNanoGPT

    $0.15 / $0.65in / out per M

    0.15×of list price

  • OpenRouter

    Routes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.

    262k context hereOpenRouter

    $0.15 / $1.20in / out per M

    0.22×of list price

  • LLM Gateway

    Routes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.

    $0.15 / $1.20in / out per M

    0.22×of list price

  • Vercel AI Gateway

    Routes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.

    $0.15 / $1.20in / out per M

    0.22×of list price

  • Kilo Gateway

    Routes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.

    $0.15 / $1.20in / out per M

    0.22×of list price

  • Merge Gateway

    Hosts 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

    0.22×of list price

  • Nebius Token Factory

    Hosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.

    128k context hereNebius Token Factory

    $0.15 / $1.20in / out per M

    0.22×of list price

  • Google

    Hosts 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

    0.22×of list price

  • Nous Portal

    Resells OpenRouter's catalog at 0.80× the listed price, funded by a subscription whose credits carry a 10% bonus.

    262k context hereNous Portal

    $0.15 / $1.20in / out per M

    0.22×of list price

  • Requesty

    Routes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.

    128k context hereRequesty

    $0.15 / $1.20in / out per M

    0.22×of list price

  • TrustedRouter

    Routes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.

    262k context hereTrustedRouter

    $0.16 / $1.27in / out per M

    0.23×of list price

  • DeepInfra

    Hosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.

    262k context hereDeepInfra

    $0.14 / $1.40in / out per M

    0.24×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.

    $0.14 / $1.43in / out per M

    0.25×of list price

  • Novita

    Hosts 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

    0.26×of list price

  • Jiekou

    Routes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.

    66k context hereJiekou

    $0.15 / $1.50in / out per M

    0.26×of list price

  • Jalapeno Cloud

    Hosts 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

    0.26×of list price

  • Together AI

    Hosts 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

    0.26×of list price

  • Hugging Face Inference Providers

    Routes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.

    $0.30 / $2in / out per M

    0.39×of list price

Same price as the maker

1 price

The same price the maker charges, sold by someone else.

Frequently asked

Who sells Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) cheapest?
Eden AI, at $0.10 in and $0.78 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. Alibaba's China-region price list, which is lower than the international one. A region, not a deal.
Is Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) open weights?
Yes. Alibaba Cloud publishes the weights, so anyone may host Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking), which is why 21 providers sell it and why their prices differ so much.
How much context does Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) hold?
131,072 tokens in one call, which is about 131k, and it can call your own functions.
How does Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) compare with the rest of the market?
At $7.50 per million tokens, Alibaba Cloud's price is 111% above the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.
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