Qwen3 8B: API pricing, providers and specs
Qwen3 8B is a text model by Alibaba. 3 providers serve it, from $0.06 to $0.20 /1M; the lowest price is at SiliconFlow.
How Qwen3 8B compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Cheap for its class: at $0.06 /1M, its lowest price undercuts 96% of comparable models (median $1.10).
- 3 providers serve it; 52% of comparable models have fewer.
- Its weights are open under the Apache 2.0 license: commercial use allowed.
Qwen3 8B 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 SiliconFlow | $0.06/1M | $0.06/1M | — | — |
 Hugging Face | $0.07/1M | From$0.18/1M | — | — |
 AIHubMix | $0.20/1M | From$0.20/1M | — | — |
- SiliconFlow$0.06
- Hugging FaceFrom$0.18
- AIHubMixFrom$0.20
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
- 8.2B
- Monthly searches
- 12K
4 uncensored versions · See them
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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The lowest price for Qwen3 8B is $0.06 /1M, at SiliconFlow.
SiliconFlow, at $0.06 /1M. 3 providers serve Qwen3 8B; the table above lists every one with its price.
Yes. Qwen3 8B's weights can be downloaded from its maker's Hugging Face page, under the Apache 2.0 license.
About 8.2B, as the safetensors metadata of its official Hugging Face repo states.
3 API providers serve Qwen3 8B. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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