Qwen3-4B: API pricing, providers and specs
Qwen3-4B is a text model by Alibaba. 2 providers serve it, from $0.03 to $0.46 /1M; the lowest price is at Hugging Face.
How Qwen3-4B compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Cheap for its class: at $0.03 /1M, its lowest price undercuts 99% of comparable models (median $1.10).
- 2 providers serve it; 36% of comparable models have fewer.
- Its weights are open under the Apache 2.0 license: commercial use allowed.
Qwen3-4B 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hugging Face | $0.01/1M | From$0.03/1M | — | — |
 AIHubMix | $0.046/1M | $0.46/1M | — | — |
- Hugging FaceFrom$0.03
- AIHubMix$0.46
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- Alibaba
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- —
- Max output
- —
- Capabilities
- —
- Released
- Apr 27, 2025
- License
- Apache 2.0commercial use allowed
- Open weights
- Yes, downloadable
- Parameters
- 4B
- Monthly searches
- 10K
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Same kind of model from other makers, at a similar price.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3-4Bthis model | $0.03/1M | — | — | 2 |
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| Mistral Nemo | $0.03/1M | 131K | — | 9 |
| Gemma 3 4B IT | $0.05/1M | 131K | 1291 | 6 |
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The lowest price for Qwen3-4B is $0.03 /1M, at Hugging Face.
Hugging Face, at $0.03 /1M. 2 providers serve Qwen3-4B; the table above lists every one with its price.
Yes. Qwen3-4B's weights can be downloaded from its maker's Hugging Face page, under the Apache 2.0 license.
About 4B, as the safetensors metadata of its official Hugging Face repo states.
2 API providers serve Qwen3-4B. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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