AI Rate CardQwen3.8 27B vs LongCat-2.5: API price and specs
Qwen3.8 27B is 87% cheaper than LongCat-2.5 on input price.
Qwen3.8 27B is 73% cheaper than LongCat-2.5 on output price.
Qwen3.8 27B is 81% cheaper than LongCat-2.5 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Qwen3.8 27B has a 7.9% larger context than LongCat-2.5.
| Field | Qwen3.8 27B | LongCat-2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $0.039 | $0.30 +669.2% |
| Median input, per 1M | $0.40 | $0.53 +31.2% |
| Lowest output, per 1M | $0.32 | $1.20 +275% |
| Median output, per 1M | $2.50 +20.5% | $2.08 |
| Lowest unit price | — | — |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | $0.10 | $0.54 +424.3% |
| Context | 1.1M | 1M +7.3% |
| Max output | 500K | 131K +73.8% |
| Providers | 49 | 3 +93.9% |
| Regions | AU, CH, CZ, EU, GLOBAL, US | — |
| Accepts | application/pdf, file, image, image/bmp, image/gif, image/heic, image/jpeg, image/png, image/tiff, image/webp, pdf, text, video, video/mp4, video/quicktime, video/webm, video/x-flv, video/x-matroska, video/x-ms-wmv, video/x-msvideo | file, image, text |
| Returns | text | text |
| Type | Text models | Text models |
| Free option | no | yes |
| Cheapest provider | chutes | kilo |
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.
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Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.8 27B or LongCat-2.5?
Qwen3.8 27B is 87% cheaper than LongCat-2.5 on input price. Qwen3.8 27B is 73% cheaper than LongCat-2.5 on output price. Qwen3.8 27B is 81% cheaper than LongCat-2.5 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Which has the larger context, Qwen3.8 27B or LongCat-2.5?
Qwen3.8 27B: 1.1M tokens; LongCat-2.5: 1M tokens.
Where can I use both Qwen3.8 27B and LongCat-2.5?
kenari, kilo, zenmux