Qwen3.5 Flash API Pricing

Alibaba · released Feb 23, 2026 · 1M context · API model ID qwen3.5-flash

Qwen3.5 Flash by Alibaba API pricing: $0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.40 per 1M output tokens (provider list price via models.dev, Oct 10, 2026).

Prices

Qwen3.5 Flash prices, USD per 1M tokens
PriceUSD per 1M tokens
Input$0.10
Output$0.40
Cache read$0.01
Cache write$0.125

Alibaba's list price for its own API, as compiled by models.dev and checked Oct 10, 2026, 09:00 UTC. Prices on cloud platforms and resellers can differ. Provider documentation

Estimated monthly cost

$90.00

per month

per day
$3.00
per request
$0.0003

Cost = input tokens × input price + output tokens × output price, 30 days a month. Cached input uses the cache read price. Cache write fees are not included.

Compare this workload across models

Monthly cost by workload

WorkloadPer month
Chatbot1,000 in / 500 out tokens, 10,000 requests a day$90.00/mo
RAG8,000 in / 500 out tokens, 5,000 requests a day$150.00/mo
Coding agent50,000 in / 2,000 out tokens, 1,000 requests a day, 80% cached input$66.00/mo

Context and capabilities

Context
1,000,000 tokens
Max output
65,536 tokens
Input
text, image, video
Output
text
Knowledge cutoff
Not published
Open weights
No
Tool calling
Yes
Reasoning
Yes
Structured outputs
Yes

Capabilities and limits as listed by models.dev.

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Price history

No price changes since we started tracking on Oct 8, 2026.

Questions

How much does Qwen3.5 Flash cost per month?
For a chatbot handling 10,000 requests a day with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens each, Qwen3.5 Flash costs about $90.00 per month at Alibaba's list prices ($0.10 per 1M input tokens, $0.40 per 1M output tokens).
Does Qwen3.5 Flash support prompt caching?
Yes. Cached input costs $0.01 per 1M tokens, compared with $0.10 for regular input. Writing to the cache costs $0.125 per 1M tokens.
How long is Qwen3.5 Flash's context window?
Qwen3.5 Flash accepts up to 1,000,000 tokens (1M) of context and returns up to 65,536 tokens per response.