Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct: API pricing, context and capabilities

Prices from official vendor price lists · October 2026

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.6 per 1M output tokens, with a 262.1K context window. Mid-priced: dearer than 23% of this rating, with Qwen3.8 Flash as the nearest cheaper Alibaba option. Recorded for vision, reasoning, adjustable thinking.

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Capabilities

API $/1M (in / out)

$0.15 / $0.6

Context window

262.1K tokens

Price / mo

API only

Overview Reviews

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is an AI model from Alibaba (Qwen), priced at $0.15 input and $0.6 output per 1M tokens. That places it in the budget tier of this rating — cheaper than 76% of the 205 priced models listed.

It holds 262.1K tokens in a single conversation. Capabilities recorded in this rating: text & chat, vision, reasoning, adjustable thinking, tool calling. Access is through the API rather than a consumer subscription.

API price$0.15 / $0.6per 1M tokens, in / out

Context262.1K tokenstokens per conversation

VendorAlibaba (Qwen)all models from this vendor

TierBudgetcheaper than 76% of models

Cost calculator

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

Standard$0.49~~AED 2 per month~~

With batch −50%$0.24~~AED 1 per month~~

With caching on input$0.45~~AED 2 per month~~

Standard$4.88~~AED 18 per month~~

With batch −50%$2.44~~AED 9 per month~~

With caching on input$4.54~~AED 17 per month~~

Standard$24.38~~AED 90 per month~~

With batch −50%$12.19~~AED 45 per month~~

With caching on input$22.69~~AED 83 per month~~

Standard$97.50~~AED 358 per month~~

With batch −50%$48.75~~AED 179 per month~~

With caching on input$90.75~~AED 333 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 VL 30B A3B Instruct sits against its neighbours in this rating. Tap a card to open that model.

Hy3

Cheaper

Tencent

$0.132 / $0.528262.1K tokens

Mistral Small 4

Closest match

Mistral AI

$0.15 / $0.6256K tokens

Llama 4 Maverick

Step up

Good and poor fit

Good fit

Multi-step analysis, planning and code review, where the first plausible answer is often wrong.
Reading screenshots, charts, scanned documents and photos.

Related filters

Text & chat234 models for text generation and chat

Vision159 models that read images

Reasoning175 models that think before answering

Adjustable thinking85 models with a reasoning depth dial

Tool calling172 models that call your functions

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct cost?

$0.15 / $0.6 per 1M tokens, input and output. In dirhams that is roughly AED 0.55 per 1M input tokens. Batch processing halves it where the vendor offers it.

What is the context window of Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct?

262.1K tokens in a single conversation.

What can Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct do?

In this rating it is recorded with: text & chat, vision, reasoning, adjustable thinking, tool calling, structured JSON output, prompt caching, batch API, free tier, multilingual, open weights.

Is Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct 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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