Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview: API price and specs

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is 94% cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max Preview on input price.

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is 80% cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max Preview on output price.

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is 89% cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max Preview on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Qwen3.8 Max Preview has a 281.5% larger context than Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud).

Field	Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)	Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.0206	$0.34 +1540.8%
Median input, per 1M	$0.0353	$0.92 +2503.4%
Lowest output, per 1M	$0.21	$1.01 +392.2%
Median output, per 1M	$0.30	$3.01 +892.4%
Lowest unit price	—	—
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.0618	$0.54 +775.1%
Context	262K +73.8%	1M
Max output	—	131K
Providers	2	2
Regions	—	—
Accepts	image, text	image, text, video
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	no	no
Cheapest provider	aihubmix	aihubmix

Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.

Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.

Providers selling both

aihubmix, meganova

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) or Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is 94% cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max Preview on input price. Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is 80% cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max Preview on output price. Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is 89% cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max Preview on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) or Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud): 262K tokens; Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 1M tokens.

Where can I use both Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) and Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

aihubmix, meganova