Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B pricing.
prices as of · 24 providers · 27 prices
Alibaba Cloud's Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B holds 131k tokens of context, reads images as well as text and has a reasoning mode. Open weights, so anyone may host it, which is why the prices below differ so much.
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B costs $0.70 in and $2.80 out per million tokens from Alibaba Cloud; the cheapest price we can explain is $1.48 at LLM Gateway, 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
$1.48/M tokens
$0.20 in · $0.88 out · 70% under list
LLM Gatewayread
What it costs for your work
Alibaba Cloud list price
$0.588a month
cheapest we can explain · LLM Gateway
$0.173a month
difference
$0.415saved
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-VL 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
26 pricesBelow list, with a published reason: hosting the open weights, a regional price list, credits, a stated discount.
$0.20 / $0.88in / out per M
0.30×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 ↗$0.20 / $0.88in / out per M
0.30×of list price
Eden AIAlibaba's China-region price list, which is lower than the international one. A region, not a deal.
$0.20 / $0.88in / out per M
0.30×of list price
- DeepInfra
Serves the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
$0.20 / $0.88in / out per M
0.30×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 ↗$0.20 / $0.88in / out per M
0.30×of list price
Fireworks AIHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
262k context hereFireworks AI ↗$0.22 / $0.88in / out per M
0.31×of list price
TrustedRouterRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
262k context hereTrustedRouter ↗$0.21 / $0.93in / out per M
0.32×of list price
$0.26 / $1.04in / out per M
0.37×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.
$0.29 / $1.15in / out per M
0.41×of list price
Merge GatewayHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
$0.29 / $1.15in / out per M
0.41×of list price
$0.30 / $1.20in / out per M
0.43×of list price
SiliconFlow (China)SiliconFlow's China-region catalog, priced in the domestic market.
262k context hereSiliconFlow (China) ↗$0.30 / $1.50in / out per M
0.49×of list price
NovitaHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
$0.30 / $1.50in / out per M
0.49×of list price
HeliconeHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
256k context here$0.30 / $1.50in / out per M
0.49×of list price
Hugging Face Inference ProvidersRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
$0.30 / $1.50in / out per M
0.49×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$0.30 / $1.50in / out per M
0.49×of list price
SiliconFlowHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
262k context hereSiliconFlow ↗$0.30 / $1.50in / out per M
0.49×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 ↗$0.30 / $1.50in / out per M
0.49×of list price
OpenRouterRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
262k context hereOpenRouter ↗$0.21 / $1.90in / out per M
0.52×of list price
- TensorX
Hosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
131k context here$0.21 / $1.90in / out per M
0.52×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 ↗$0.21 / $1.90in / out per M
0.52×of list price
- Venice
Serves the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
$0.21 / $1.90in / out per M
0.52×of list price
ParasailServes the open weights at fp8, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
fp8 precisionParasail ↗$0.21 / $1.90in / out per M
0.52×of list price
OrcaRouterHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
$0.40 / $1.60in / out per M
0.57×of list price
Vercel AI GatewayRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
$0.40 / $1.60in / out per M
0.57×of list price
showing the 25 cheapest of 26 · every row in the open dataset
Frequently asked
- Who sells Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B cheapest?
- LLM Gateway, at $0.20 in and $0.88 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. Routes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
- Is Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B open weights?
- Yes. Alibaba Cloud publishes the weights, so anyone may host Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B, which is why 24 providers sell it and why their prices differ so much.
- How much context does Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B hold?
- 131,072 tokens in one call, which is about 131k, and it can call your own functions.
- How does Qwen3-VL 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.