Qwen3 Coder Flash: API pricing, context window and capabilities

Prices from official vendor price lists · October 2026

Qwen3 Coder Flash costs $0.195 per 1M input tokens and $0.975 per 1M output tokens, with a 1M context window. Mid-priced: dearer than 28% of this rating, with Qwen3.6 35B A3B as the nearest cheaper Alibaba option. Recorded for vision, coding, reasoning.

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Capabilities

API $/1M (in / out)

$0.195 / $0.975

Context window

1M tokens

Price / mo

API only

Overview Reviews

Qwen3 Coder Flash is an AI model from Alibaba (Qwen), priced at $0.195 input and $0.975 output per 1M tokens. That places it in the budget tier of this rating — cheaper than 72% of the 205 priced models listed.

It holds 1M tokens in a single conversation, enough for a full codebase or a contract bundle in one pass. Capabilities recorded in this rating: text & chat, vision, coding, reasoning, adjustable thinking. Access is through the API rather than a consumer subscription.

API price$0.195 / $0.975per 1M tokens, in / out

Context1M tokenstokens per conversation

VendorAlibaba (Qwen)all models from this vendor

TierBudgetcheaper than 72% of models

Cost calculator

1M tokens/mo10M tokens/mo50M tokens/mo200M tokens/mo

Standard$0.78~~AED 3 per month~~

With batch −50%$0.39~~AED 1 per month~~

With caching on input$0.74~~AED 3 per month~~

Standard$7.80~~AED 29 per month~~

With batch −50%$3.90~~AED 14 per month~~

With caching on input$7.36~~AED 27 per month~~

Standard$39.00~~AED 143 per month~~

With batch −50%$19.50~~AED 72 per month~~

With caching on input$36.81~~AED 135 per month~~

Standard$156~~AED 573 per month~~

With batch −50%$78.00~~AED 286 per month~~

With caching on input$147~~AED 541 per month~~

Assumes a 1:3 input-to-output ratio, which is typical for chat and generation. Dirham figures use 3.6725 per dollar. Batch and caching discounts apply where the vendor offers them.

Compared with alternatives

How Qwen3 Coder Flash sits against its neighbours in this rating. Tap a card to open that model.

Codestral

Cheaper

Mistral AI

$0.3 / $0.9128K tokens

Qwen3.6 Flash

Closest match

Alibaba (Qwen)

$0.165 / $0.991M tokens

Qwen3.6 Flash

Step up

Alibaba (Qwen)

$0.165 / $0.991M tokens

Good and poor fit

Good fit

Multi-step analysis, planning and code review, where the first plausible answer is often wrong.
Writing, reviewing and refactoring code, including fill-in-the-middle edits.
Reading screenshots, charts, scanned documents and photos.

Poor fit

Long multi-step reasoning, where a larger model finishes in fewer attempts.

Related filters

Text & chat234 models for text generation and chat

Vision159 models that read images

Coding17 models built for writing code

Reasoning175 models that think before answering

Adjustable thinking85 models with a reasoning depth dial

Alibaba (Qwen)40 models from this vendor

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Qwen3 Coder Flash cost?

$0.195 / $0.975 per 1M tokens, input and output. In dirhams that is roughly AED 0.72 per 1M input tokens. Batch processing halves it where the vendor offers it.

What is the context window of Qwen3 Coder Flash?

1M tokens in a single conversation.

What can Qwen3 Coder Flash do?

In this rating it is recorded with: text & chat, vision, coding, reasoning, adjustable thinking, tool calling, structured JSON output, long context 1M+, prompt caching, batch API, free tier, low latency, multilingual, open weights.

Is Qwen3 Coder Flash a good choice?

It depends on the job. See the good-fit and poor-fit lists above, and compare against the neighbouring models before committing.

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