Qwen3 VL Flash: API pricing, context window and capabilities

Prices from official vendor price lists · October 2026

Qwen3 VL Flash costs $0.05 per 1M input tokens and $0.4 per 1M output tokens, with a 256K context window. One of the cheapest models here — below 81% of the rating on output price. Suited to high volume, where a wrong answer is cheap to retry.

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Capabilities

API $/1M (in / out)

$0.05 / $0.4

Context window

256K tokens

Price / mo

API only

Overview Reviews

Qwen3 VL Flash is an AI model from Alibaba (Qwen), priced at $0.05 input and $0.4 output per 1M tokens. That places it in the budget tier of this rating — cheaper than 81% of the 205 priced models listed.

It holds 256K 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$0.05 / $0.4per 1M tokens, in / out

Context256K tokenstokens per conversation

VendorAlibaba (Qwen)all models from this vendor

TierBudgetcheaper than 81% of models

Cost calculator

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

Standard$0.31~~AED 1 per month~~

With batch −50%$0.16~~AED 1 per month~~

With caching on input$0.30~~AED 1 per month~~

Standard$3.13~~AED 11 per month~~

With batch −50%$1.56~~AED 6 per month~~

With caching on input$3.01~~AED 11 per month~~

Standard$15.63~~AED 57 per month~~

With batch −50%$7.81~~AED 29 per month~~

With caching on input$15.06~~AED 55 per month~~

Standard$62.50~~AED 230 per month~~

With batch −50%$31.25~~AED 115 per month~~

With caching on input$60.25~~AED 221 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 Flash sits against its neighbours in this rating. Tap a card to open that model.

Qwen3.8 Flash

Cheaper

Alibaba (Qwen)

$0.113 / $0.3821M tokens

Nemotron 3 Super

Closest match

NVIDIA

$0.085 / $0.4262.1K tokens

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

Step up

Alibaba (Qwen)

$0.104 / $0.416131.1K 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.
High-volume routing, classification and autocomplete.

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

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

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Qwen3 VL Flash cost?

$0.05 / $0.4 per 1M tokens, input and output. In dirhams that is roughly AED 0.18 per 1M input tokens. Batch processing halves it where the vendor offers it.

What is the context window of Qwen3 VL Flash?

256K tokens in a single conversation.

What can Qwen3 VL Flash 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, low latency, multilingual, open weights.

Is Qwen3 VL 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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