Pricingby GlyphQwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
Qwen (Alibaba) · Open weights · 262K context · released Oct 6, 2025 · checked 13h ago
Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct is a multimodal model that unifies strong text generation with visual understanding for images and videos.
Ways to buy 3
| Way to buy | Input | Output | In / out per 1M | Cached | Vs cheapest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
fp8 | $0.15 | $0.6 | $0.15 / $0.6Cheapest | n/a | Cheapest |
bf16 | $0.2 | $0.7 | $0.2 / $0.7+24% vs cheapest | n/a | +24% vs cheapest |
fp8 | $0.29 | $1 | $0.29 / $1+78% vs cheapest | n/a | +78% vs cheapest |
USD per 1M tokens. Regions are separate routes.
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About Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
Takes text, image in and returns text. First listed Sep 23, 2026. Up to 16K output tokens. Blended price $0.262 per 1M tokens at 3 input to 1 output. Model id qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-instruct.
Price history
List price since Sep 23, 2026, from daily reads of the OpenRouter catalog.
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Questions
How much does Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct cost?
$0.15 per million input tokens and $0.6 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct?
262K tokens, with up to 16K tokens of output.
Where is Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct cheapest?
Of 3 routes tracked, DeepInfra is cheapest at $0.15 input and $0.6 output per million tokens.