Alibaba route
qwen3.8-flash
Qwen3.8 Flash API access.
Alibaba's volume Qwen3.8: $0.15 input and $0.47 output per 1M tokens over 1M context. Text and tools, no image input. Qwen3.8-Max stays the $2 / $6 multimodal flagship. See the Qwen3.8 Flash API pricing notes.
Input / 1M tokens
$0.15
Output / 1M tokens
$0.47
Cached input / 1M tokens
$0.016
Context window
1M
Provider
Alibaba
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Put the token rate into context.
These examples apply the published input and output rates directly. Actual cost follows the exact tokens your client sends and the model returns.
This route is the 7th cheapest of 64 comparable text models and cheaper than 57 on the same key. Its context window ranks 18th of 64.
Short request
$0.0020
10K input + 1K output
Agent turn
$0.020
100K input + 10K output
Exact token billing
No request minimum
One model ID change
OpenAI compatible
Cost neighbourhood
Nearby routes, same workload.
Every comparison uses the same 100K-input / 10K-output turn. Changing route is a one-line model ID edit.
Price does not measure task quality.
First request
Route it in one call.
Use any OpenAI SDK or tool. Keep the request shape, point the base URL at RouterPlex, and set the model ID shown here.
Read the quickstartcurl https://api.routerplex.com/v1/chat/completions \-H "Authorization: Bearer $ROUTERPLEX_API_KEY" \-H "Content-Type: application/json" \-d '{"model": "qwen3.8-flash","messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]}'
Route notes
Questions before production traffic.
01How much does the Qwen3.8 Flash API cost?+
Through RouterPlex, Qwen3.8 Flash costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.47 per 1M output tokens — the vendor list price with 0% markup, billed per token from a prepaid balance you top up from $5. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.016 per 1M instead of the full input rate, which is most of the prompt on a repeated agent or coding loop.
02What does one Qwen3.8 Flash agent turn cost?+
A 100K-token input with a 10K-token reply costs about $0.020 on Qwen3.8 Flash. That makes it the 7th cheapest of 64 comparable text models on RouterPlex, roughly 64% more the cost of the cheapest option (Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor).
03What is a cheaper alternative to Qwen3.8 Flash?+
MiMo V2.6 Flash from Xiaomi is the closest cheaper model on RouterPlex — $0.017 per agent turn against $0.020 for Qwen3.8 Flash, at $0.14/1M input and $0.28/1M output. Both run on the same key and the same endpoint, so switching is a one-line model ID change.
04Is Qwen3.8 Flash cheaper than GLM-5.3 Flash?+
Yes. Per agent turn, Qwen3.8 Flash costs about $0.020 against $0.020 for GLM-5.3 Flash — 2% less.
05What is the context window of Qwen3.8 Flash?+
Qwen3.8 Flash supports a 1M token context window on RouterPlex, the 18th largest of the 64 models that publish one.
06Can I use Qwen3.8 Flash with the OpenAI SDK?+
Yes. RouterPlex serves Qwen3.8 Flash through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint at https://api.routerplex.com/v1 — point any OpenAI SDK or tool at that base URL with your RouterPlex key and set model to "qwen3.8-flash".
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