Checked 2026-10-26

Qwen API pricing

Qwen input, cached-input and output prices on one key, read live from the catalog. Prepaid by card or crypto, no KYC, no subscription.

Qwen3.7 Max for the hardest prompts, a Flash or Plus id for volume, the open-weight 27B and 35B ids when you want a smaller model with the same behaviour you run locally. Every row below is a live catalog read; prices are USD per million tokens and the developer list appears where recorded.

01Every Qwen model

ModelInputCachedOutputDeveloper list in / outContext
Qwen3.7 Max$0.6471 (56% under)$0.0885$1.9412 (56% under)$1.475 / $4.4251M tokens
Qwen3.6 27B$0.09 (70% under)input rate$0.60 (70% under)$0.30 / $2.00262K tokens
Qwen3.8 Flash$0.1152 (23% under)$0.0123$0.361 (23% under)$0.15 / $0.47992K tokens
Qwen3.8 Max$0.80 (60% under)$0.60$2.40 (60% under)$2.00 / $6.00991K tokens
Qwen Flash$0.12$0.0704$0.96——
Qwen MT Plus$1.00$1.00$3.00——
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct$0.20$0.20$0.20——
Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507$0.50input rate$1.25——
Qwen3 32B$0.56input rate$2.28——
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B Instruct$0.28input rate$1.12——
Qwen3 Coder 480B-A35B Instruct$0.52input rate$2.00—262K tokens
Qwen3 Coder Flash$0.78$0.156$3.90——
Qwen3 Embedding 0.6B$0.0295input rate$0.00—8K tokens
Qwen3 Embedding 8B$0.0313input rate$0.00—33K tokens
Qwen3.5 122B-A10B$1.48input rate$11.76——
Qwen3.5 27B$1.12input rate$8.80——
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B$0.72$0.44$1.84——
Qwen3.5 9B$0.40input rate$0.60——
Qwen3.5 Flash$0.36$0.08$1.48——
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B$1.08$0.48$6.28——
Qwen3.8 27B$0.48$0.10$3.20——

USD per million tokens, read from the RelaySwitch catalog when this page was built. Developer list: the catalog's record of the developer's own price.

02Which model should I use?

Qwen3.7 Max for the hardest prompts, a Flash or Plus id for volume, the open-weight 27B and 35B ids when you want a smaller model with the same behaviour you run locally. Compare the worked models below before choosing for production.

03Worked models

  • Qwen3.7 Max — 0.6471 input / 1.9412 output per million tokens.
  • Qwen3.6 27B — 0.0900 input / 0.6000 output per million tokens.

Questions

Is Qwen billed monthly?
No. Credit is prepaid and each request bills per token.
Can I pay for Qwen with crypto?
Yes: USDT, USDC, BTC, ETH or SOL, alongside card.