// Alibaba (Qwen)
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
A Alibaba (Qwen) model. 3 prices across 3 channels side by side, each with its source and check date – plus specs, licence, speed and benchmarks.
- Official in/out per 1M
- —
- Lowest (DeepInfra)
- $0.15 / $0.6
- Context
- 262K
- AA index
- 7.9
Prices checked 2026-10-22Official sources linked on every rowNo estimatesCheapest LLM APIs →
01Specs at a glance
Official values first; gaps filled from OpenRouter’s API where the vendor page is silent.
| Vendor | Alibaba (Qwen) |
|---|---|
| Context window | 262K (262,144 tokens) |
| Max output | 16K |
| Input | Text · Image |
| Output | Text |
| Tool calling / JSON | Yes / Yes |
| Weights & licence | Open weights · Apache-2.0 · Hugging Face |
| Parameters | 31.1B (from weight files) |
| Released | Oct 6, 2025 |
| Model IDs | qwen/qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-instruct |
02Prices on 3 channels
Per 1M tokens, in the currency each source publishes (1 USD = 6.7 CNY for the blended column). Sorted: official first, then cheapest.
| Channel | Source | Input | Output | Cache hit | Blended $ | Context | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepInfra · fp8 Via OpenRouter / provider listed there | OpenRouter 10-22 | $0.15 | $0.6 | — | 0.263 | 262K | DeepInfra price as listed on OpenRouter (pass-through; quantization=fp8; discount field=0); not checked against DeepInfra's own page |
| Novita · bf16 Via OpenRouter / provider listed there | OpenRouter 10-22 | $0.2 | $0.7 | — | 0.325 | 131K | Novita price as listed on OpenRouter (pass-through; quantization=bf16; discount field=0); not checked against Novita's own page |
| SiliconFlow · fp8 Via OpenRouter / provider listed there | OpenRouter 10-22 | $0.29 | $1 | — | 0.468 | 262K | SiliconFlow price as listed on OpenRouter (pass-through; quantization=fp8; discount field=0); not checked against SiliconFlow's own page |
“Official” = vendor pricing page; “Platform” = the platform’s own pricing page; “OpenRouter” = price listed on OpenRouter, not checked on the platform’s site. Click a source tag to open the original page.
03Where you can use it
Derived only from the price sources above. Country restrictions are set by each vendor – check their terms before you sign up.
- Via OpenRouter / provider listed there
DeepInfra · Novita · SiliconFlow - Self-host the open weights
GPU / VRAM sizing and build plans→
04Performance
Speed and AA index from Artificial Analysis public leaderboards (not our own tests); benchmark scores from our benchmark library, best result per benchmark.
- AA indexQwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
- 7.9
- Output speed (median)
- 114 tok/s
- Time to first token
- 2.19s
- AA index per $ (blended)
- 30.2
05Price changes we recorded
All price changes →From our daily re-checks of the sources above.
No price change recorded since we started tracking (2026-10-10).
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FAQ
How much does the Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct API cost?
There is no official pay-as-you-go price in our data. The lowest listed price is $0.15 / $0.6 on DeepInfra.
What is the context window of Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct?
262K tokens of context, up to 16K output tokens. Platforms may cap it lower – see the table.
Is Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct open source?
Yes, the weights are published on Hugging Face (Qwen/Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct). Licence: Apache-2.0.