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Qwen3.8 Flashalibaba/qwen3-8-flash

Qwen3.8 Flash is a hosted multimodal model for code, reasoning and visual understanding. It accepts text, images and video, returns text, and provides a native one-million-token context with tool calling and structured outputs.

Cheapest blended:$0.23 / 1M tokenson Alibaba Cloud DashScope · 1 provider listed

Availability and billing notes

Reviewed September 21, 2026 · check the linked provider documentation for later changes.

This is the hosted production version. The separately listed Flash-Next checkpoint has different default context settings.

Use the API endpoint and key for your workspace and region. Replace {WorkspaceId} in the example endpoint before calling.

Pricing across providers

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Alibaba Cloud DashScope
qwen3.8-flash

International / Singapore USD rate, input up to 1M tokens. Replace {WorkspaceId} with your workspace ID.

$0.15$0.47$0.23—OpenAI-compatiblePrice 1mo agoTry →

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Works with

Point any of these clients at a hosting's base URL — they all speak at least one of this model's endpoint protocols (OPENAI_COMPATIBLE).

Capabilities

  • code
  • reasoning
  • vision
  • tool_calling
  • structured_output

Code samples

Example using Alibaba Cloud DashScope — the cheapest hosting for this model as of last verification. Swap base_url and model to use a different provider from the matrix above.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://{WorkspaceId}.ap-southeast-1.maas.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen3.8-flash",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Technical specs

Context
1000K
Max output
131K
Parameters
—
Release
2026-08-26
Training cutoff
—
License
—

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Frequently asked

How much does Qwen3.8 Flash cost?+
The cheapest public hosting is $0.23 per 1M blended tokens on Alibaba Cloud DashScope. 1 total providers are listed above with per-input / per-output / cached pricing.
How do I access Qwen3.8 Flash from outside China?+
Availability, account verification and payment methods vary by provider and region. Check the official documentation and the selected provider's access requirements before integrating. A directory listing does not guarantee global API access.
Is Qwen3.8 Flash open-source?+
Downloadable weights are not listed in this directory for Qwen3.8 Flash. See the official documentation and availability notes for API, subscription or planned weight-release details.
Is Qwen3.8 Flash OpenAI-compatible?+
At least one listed hosting exposes an OpenAI-compatible API, so you can point an existing openai SDK client at the Provider's base_url and use the Provider's model name. See the Code Samples above for a copy-pasteable example.
What's the maximum context window for Qwen3.8 Flash?+
The model supports up to 1,000,000 tokens of context (input + output). Some hosted versions may impose a smaller limit — check the "Context" column in the pricing matrix for each provider.