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Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct API Pricing

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is an API model from qwen. It costs $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $0.75 per 1M output tokens, with cached input at $0.12. Its context window is 262,144 tokens with up to 235,929 output tokens. A workload of 10M input + 2M output tokens costs about $4 per month.
Input
$0.25
per 1M tokens
Output
$0.75
per 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.12
per 1M tokens
Context window
262K
262,144 tokens
Blended (80/20)
$0.35
per 1M tokens

Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct is a multimodal vision-language model from the Qwen3-VL series, built for high-fidelity understanding and reasoning across text, images, and video. It features improved multimodal fusion with Interleaved-MRoPE for long-horizon...

How much does Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct cost for a real workload?

At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month, Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct costs about $4 ($2.5 input + $1.5 output). Try your own volumes in the cost calculator.

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct cost?

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct costs $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $0.75 per 1M output tokens (list price, snapshot October 21, 2026). At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month that is about $4.

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

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct has a context window of 262,144 tokens and can return up to 235,929 output tokens per response.

What are cheaper alternatives to Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

Cheaper models include OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini (batch) ($0.2 in / $0.8 out), Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air ($0.13 in / $0.85 out), Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next ($0.12 in / $0.8 out). See the full list on this page.

Is Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct free to use?

No. Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is a paid model at $0.25 input / $0.75 output per 1M tokens. 20 free models are listed on the free models page.

Provider: qwen · Model ID: qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct · Modality: text+image->text · Price snapshot October 21, 2026, refreshed daily. How we collect prices