Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct: API pricing, context window and capabilities

Prices from official vendor price lists · October 2026

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct costs $0.117 per 1M input tokens and $0.455 per 1M output tokens, with a 262.1K context window. One of the cheapest models here — below 80% of the rating on output price. Suited to high volume, where a wrong answer is cheap to retry.

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Capabilities
Text & chatVisionReasoning
API $/1M (in / out)
$0.117 / $0.455
Context window
262.1K tokens
Price / mo
API only
OverviewReviews

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is an AI model from Alibaba (Qwen), priced at $0.117 input and $0.455 output per 1M tokens. That places it in the budget tier of this rating — cheaper than 80% 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$0.117 / $0.455per 1M tokens, in / out
Context262.1K tokenstokens per conversation
VendorAlibaba (Qwen)all models from this vendor
TierBudgetcheaper than 80% of models

Cost calculator

Standard$0.37AED 1 per month
With batch −50%$0.19AED 1 per month
With caching on input$0.34AED 1 per month
Standard$3.71AED 14 per month
With batch −50%$1.85AED 7 per month
With caching on input$3.44AED 13 per month
Standard$18.52AED 68 per month
With batch −50%$9.26AED 34 per month
With caching on input$17.21AED 63 per month
Standard$74.10AED 272 per month
With batch −50%$37.05AED 136 per month
With caching on input$68.83AED 253 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 8B Instruct sits against its neighbours in this rating. Tap a card to open that model.

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct
Cheaper
Alibaba (Qwen)
$0.104 / $0.416131.1K tokens
Qwen3.8 Flash
Closest match
Alibaba (Qwen)
$0.15 / $0.471M tokens
Qwen3.8 Flash
Step up
Alibaba (Qwen)
$0.15 / $0.471M tokens

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
Alibaba (Qwen)40 models from this vendor
All 245 modelsThe full rating with filters and prices

Frequently asked questions

How much does Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct cost?

$0.117 / $0.455 per 1M tokens, input and output. In dirhams that is roughly AED 0.43 per 1M input tokens. Batch processing halves it where the vendor offers it.

What is the context window of Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

262.1K tokens in a single conversation.

What can Qwen3 VL 8B 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 8B 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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