Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking pricing.
prices as of · 10 providers · 11 prices
Alibaba Cloud's Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking holds 262k 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 30B A3B Thinking costs $0.20 in and $2.40 out per million tokens from Alibaba Cloud; the cheapest price we can explain is $1.05 at Fireworks AI, checked 16 Sept 2026.
Alibaba Cloud list price
$3/M tokens
$0.20 in · $2.40 out
read · 15% below the market median
Cheapest price we can explain
$1.05/M tokens
$0.15 in · $0.60 out · 65% under list
Fireworks AIread
What it costs for your work
Alibaba Cloud list price
$0.264a month
cheapest we can explain · Fireworks AI
$0.126a month
difference
$0.138saved
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 30B 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 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.
131k context hereAlibaba Cloud ↗$0.20 / $2.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Cheaper, and we know why
2 pricesBelow list, with a published reason: hosting the open weights, a regional price list, credits, a stated discount.
- Fireworks AI
Hosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
$0.15 / $0.60in / out per M
0.35×of list price
Eden AIAlibaba's China-region price list, which is lower than the international one. A region, not a deal.
131k context hereEden AI ↗$0.13 / $1.56in / out per M
0.65×of list price
Same price as the maker
8 pricesThe same price the maker charges, sold by someone else.
$0.20 / $1in / out per M
0.53×of list price
$0.29 / $1in / out per M
0.62×of list price
$0.29 / $1in / out per M
0.62×of list price
$0.29 / $1in / out per M
0.62×of list price
$0.20 / $2.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.20 / $2.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.20 / $2.40in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.21 / $2.53in / out per M
1.05×of list price
Frequently asked
- Who sells Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking cheapest?
- Fireworks AI, at $0.15 in and $0.60 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. Hosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
- Is Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking open weights?
- Yes. Alibaba Cloud publishes the weights, so anyone may host Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking, which is why 10 providers sell it and why their prices differ so much.
- How much context does Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking hold?
- 262,144 tokens in one call, which is about 262k, and it can call your own functions.
- How does Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking compare with the rest of the market?
- At $3 per million tokens, Alibaba Cloud's price is 15% below the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.