Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct pricing.
prices as of · 13 providers · 13 prices
Alibaba Cloud's Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct holds 262k tokens of context and reads images as well as text. Open weights, so anyone may host it, which is why the prices below differ so much.
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct costs $0.12 in and $0.46 out per million tokens from Alibaba Cloud; the cheapest price we can explain is $0.58 at TrustedRouter, checked 16 Sept 2026.
Alibaba Cloud list price
$0.81/M tokens
$0.12 in · $0.46 out
read · 77% below the market median
Cheapest price we can explain
$0.58/M tokens
$0.05 in · $0.42 out · 28% under list
TrustedRouterread
What it costs for your work
Alibaba Cloud list price
$0.0975a month
cheapest we can explain · TrustedRouter
$0.057a month
difference
$0.0405saved
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 8B 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.
131k context hereAlibaba Cloud ↗$0.12 / $0.46in / 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.
Same price as the maker
9 pricesThe same price the maker charges, sold by someone else.
$0.20 / $0.20in / out per M
0.99×of list price
$0.12 / $0.46in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.12 / $0.46in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.12 / $0.46in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.12 / $0.46in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.18 / $0.68in / out per M
1.51×of list price
$0.18 / $0.68in / out per M
1.51×of list price
$0.18 / $0.68in / out per M
1.51×of list price
$0.25 / $0.75in / out per M
1.86×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 ↗$0.18 / $1.35in / out per M
2.35×of list price
Frequently asked
- Who sells Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct cheapest?
- TrustedRouter, at $0.05 in and $0.42 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. Routes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
- Is Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct open weights?
- Yes. Alibaba Cloud publishes the weights, so anyone may host Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct, which is why 13 providers sell it and why their prices differ so much.
- How much context does Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct hold?
- 262,144 tokens in one call, which is about 262k, and it can call your own functions.
- How does Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct compare with the rest of the market?
- At $0.81 per million tokens, Alibaba Cloud's price is 77% below the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.