Qwen Flash: API pricing, providers and specs
Qwen Flash is a text model by Alibaba. 5 providers serve it, from $0.20 to $0.40 /1M; the lowest price is at AIHubMix.
How Qwen Flash compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Cheap for its class: at $0.20 /1M, its lowest price undercuts 85% of comparable models (median $1.10).
- Its 1M-token context window is larger than 67% of them (median 262K), about 1500 pages of text.
- 5 providers serve it; 65% of comparable models have fewer.
Qwen Flash prices by provider
Every provider's list price, read from its own price page or API. A price marked “from” changes with context length, resolution or mode.
| Provider | Input | Output | Prompt caching | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 AIHubMix | $0.02/1M | From$0.20/1M | — | — |
 AlibabaOfficial | $0.022/1M | From$0.216/1M | — | — |
 Ofox | $0.022/1M | $0.22/1M | $0.004/1M | 1M |
| AlibabaOfficial | $0.05/1M | From$0.40/1M | — | — |
| DevPass (LLM Gateway) | $0.05/1M | From$0.40/1M | $0.01/1M | — |
- AIHubMixFrom$0.20
- AlibabaOfficialFrom$0.216
- Ofox$0.22
- AlibabaOfficialFrom$0.40
- DevPass (LLM Gateway)From$0.40
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- Alibaba
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- 1M≈ 1500 pages of text
- Max output
- 32K
- Capabilities
- Prompt caching, JSON, Tool calling
- Released
- Jul 28, 2025
- License
- proprietary
- Open weights
- No, API only
Alternatives to Qwen Flash
Same kind of model from other makers, at a similar price.
| Model | Lowest price | Context | Arena | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen Flashthis model | $0.20/1M | 1M | — | 5 |
 GLM-5.3-Flash | $0.20/1M | 1.05M | 1608 | 45 |
| GPT-6 Luna | $0.40/1M | 1.05M | 1578 | 28 |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | $0.30/1M | 1M | 1585 | 27 |
 DeepSeek V4 Flash | $0.17/1M | 1.05M | — | 26 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | $0.294/1M | 1.05M | — | 26 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | $0.418/1M | 1.05M | — | 33 |
 Ling 3.1 Flash | $0.225/1M | 262K | — | 5 |
| GPT OSS 120B | $0.14/1M | 131K | 1366 | 32 |
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AIHubMix, at $0.20 /1M. 5 providers serve Qwen Flash; the table above lists every one with its price.
Qwen Flash reads up to 1M tokens per request and writes up to 32K.
No. Qwen Flash is only available through an API; Alibaba does not publish its weights.
5 API providers serve Qwen Flash. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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